Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Craeglea, Wells Road, Malvern, Sunday [10 September 1899], to Littleton [Alfred Henry Littleton, Chairman of Novello], 'Here, in the quiet of my own home, I feel I must send what perhaps you will think a wholly unnecessary note to say how very glad (& grateful to you) I am that our short misunderstanding is at an end: my long, quiet Sunday here on the hills is more bearable & happier on this account than last week & I feel I should like for you to know this & that your forebearing & courtious way is really appreciated by me', 3 pages on Craeglea stationery, a few minor marks, 8vo Published in Jerrold Northrop Moore, 'Elgar and his Publishers: Letters of a Creative Life, volume I, 1885-1903', (1987), p. 137: This letter followed a meeting with Littleton at Berners Street on 8 September. 'No details seem to have survived, beyond the fact that Elgar then signed the royalty agreement for the Variations on the publisher's terms. In view of the fact that Boosey's acceptance of the Sea Pictures would have placed Elgar in a strong position, Alfred Littleton must have used his very considerable powers of diplomacy to good effect, promising better things for the future. Elgar's response, written two days after the meeting, speaks eloquently of private insecurity reassured.' (1)
Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Craeglea, Wells Road, Malvern, Sunday [10 September 1899], to Littleton [Alfred Henry Littleton, Chairman of Novello], 'Here, in the quiet of my own home, I feel I must send what perhaps you will think a wholly unnecessary note to say how very glad (& grateful to you) I am that our short misunderstanding is at an end: my long, quiet Sunday here on the hills is more bearable & happier on this account than last week & I feel I should like for you to know this & that your forebearing & courtious way is really appreciated by me', 3 pages on Craeglea stationery, a few minor marks, 8vo Published in Jerrold Northrop Moore, 'Elgar and his Publishers: Letters of a Creative Life, volume I, 1885-1903', (1987), p. 137: This letter followed a meeting with Littleton at Berners Street on 8 September. 'No details seem to have survived, beyond the fact that Elgar then signed the royalty agreement for the Variations on the publisher's terms. In view of the fact that Boosey's acceptance of the Sea Pictures would have placed Elgar in a strong position, Alfred Littleton must have used his very considerable powers of diplomacy to good effect, promising better things for the future. Elgar's response, written two days after the meeting, speaks eloquently of private insecurity reassured.' (1)
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