Letter from Isaac Nathan to an unknown correspondent
Letter from Isaac Nathan to an unknown correspondent
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1840 - 1840
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MLMSS 5912
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1 folder - 0.02m
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This letter, dated Lambeth 29 June 1840, was written to an unknown correspondent prior to Nathan's departure for Scotland. Nathan offers for sale the printing plates for the Hebrew Melodies and of his song Why are you wand'ring here I pray?, together with letter press copies of Hebrew Melodies.
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Letter from Isaac Nathan to an unknown correspondent
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Purchased from Otto Haas, London, 1994.
Administrative / Biographical history
Isaac Nathan (1790-1864), performer, composer, teacher, critic, theorist and musical publisher, was born in Canterbury, England, educated at Cambridge University, and later became music librarian to King George IV. He is probably best known for the Hebrew Melodies, the result of a collaboration with Lord Byron, whom he met in 1814. Financial proble...
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MLMSS 5912
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nvgM0gG1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvgM0gG1
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74921
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