Sir George Smart to Miss Bacon
Monday, August 2, 1847
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Preceding
- 1842-08-28: to Hebeler
- 1826-07-25: from Göschen
Following
- 1861-11-29: to Weber
My dear Miss Bacon
(Thrope near Norwich)
Many thanks for your kind Note and promise to obtain Subscriptions for the intended Monument to be erected at Dresden to the memory of my late friend the celebrated C. M. von Weber: As I must soon send‡ to Dresden the amount I have received, I hope ere long to have the pleasure of hearing from you again.
Lady Smart* unites with me in kind regardsI am
Yours faithfully
George Smart.
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Summary
Weber‑Denkmal in Dresden
Incipit
“Many thanks for your kind note and promise to obtain”
General Remark
Die Adressatin war vermutlich eine Tochter des englischen Journalisten und Musikers Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1776–1840), dem Herausgeber von Norwich Mercury sowie The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review; infrage kämen die Musikschriftstellerin Mary Anne Bacon (ca. 1806–1875) oder die Sängerinnen Jane M. Bacon (gest. 1870) und Rose Bacon.
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