Lot 229: [CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC. ]

[CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC. ] CONTEMPORARY TRANSCRIPT, APPARENTLY IN THE HAND OF CHOPIN'S SISTER, OF THE LETTER FROM MENDELSSOHN TO CHOPIN OF 3 NOVEMBER 1844, Asking him if he would write some music for his wife Cécile, 2 pages, 8vo, Berlin, 3 November 1844, with integral autograph address panel

The Mendelssohns were avid collectors of musical manuscripts and indeed Cécile owned an autograph musical manuscript of Chopin, who sent her the Mazurka in A flat major, Op.59 no.2.