{"product_id":"14930-elgar-edward-autograph-letter","title":"Elgar, Edward. (1857-1934) Autograph Letter","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter signed from the important English composer to a Miss Rosa Burley, offering to arrange tickets to his rehearsals in London and mentioning his daughter Carice's scarlet fever. September 23, 1909. 3 pp. on Plas Gwyn, Hereford letterhead, with original envelope. Folding creases and light wear; overall in fine condition. 7 x 9 inches (17.8 x 22.9 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eText, in full: \"Dear Miss Burley: I am not conducting at Birmingham so I may not have any tickets for the rehearsals held in B. I have my own to [offer] for those held in London. Carice has had scarlet fever which upset everybody's plans - she is going on very well indeed, is isolated, of course, but a very robust appetite both for food \u0026amp; books. I have a telephone line in to her room so I can converse almost anytime. If you can get to rehearsals would you send me a line to the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, \u0026amp; I will get a ticket for you. [...] Yours sincerely, Edward Elgar.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eRosa Burley was a family friend of Elgar's and the headmistress of a school in Malvern where the composer had taught violin in the early 1890's. She was the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eEdward Elgar: The Record of a Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1972. According to several historians, Elgar had an attraction to her, and may have even considered her a muse.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093566738591,"sku":"14930","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Elgar_Edwar_ALS_14930_001.jpg?v=1722188888","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14930-elgar-edward-autograph-letter","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}