Henry Wylde an Louis Spohr in Kassel

Dear Doctor Spohr

I write these few lines to say that our Secretary of the New Philharmonic Society has paid to your friend A. Farre the sum of £ 100. I am sorry that the payment has been delayed untill this time. I requested¹ it might be paid before you left London but owing to a resolution of the Directors
”that the accounts should be all ’audited’ before payments were made“
my request to the secretary was not complied with.
With regard to the Music I will endeavour now without further delay to arrange either that the Society should buy it or If the Society will not buy it so could much like purchase some of the scores on my own account. But I will write upon further on this point.
I witnessed the Performance of your Opera Jessonda at the Royal Italian Opera House² and I cannot help assessing upon the enjoyement I received from so doing. If all Operas were as interesting in the music as ”Jessonda“ I should always attend the Performances as it is³, I seldom go to the ”Opera“⁴ The annoucement of ”Jessonda“ attracted me however, and the music although is so beautiful⁵ that I was perfectly delighted. The Performance was good, save, in the first act where⁶ ”the hours“ was out of scene⁷.⁸ The audience seemed very warm in its acknowledgement of the beauties of the Opera. Let me again thank you for you kind exertions for our Society. Your visit will always be a proud event for us. Allow me to present my best Compl^ts to Mad. Spohr. and believe me to be with much respect
your very faithfull
HWylde.

August 22/53

P.S. Can you tell me how many Orchestra parts of each of your 5 works⁹ were sent?