Miss Fanny Davies is an excellent artist whose attainments I remember with pleasure. After many years lying in the archives, where it was forgotten by artists and public alike, I revived Joseph in Egypt and performed it in Vienna to great effect. This opera by Méhul is a masterpiece; the Master also loved it very much, which fact can be found in his letters and writings. For today's public, whose ears have been ruined by the motor car and other noises, this music is too refined. Even in Vienna the opera house remained empty despite an excellent performance and it soon vanished from the repertoire once again. In this case – as so often in others – it is the public which fails, not the opera. Brodsky plays everything superbly, but if you want a special treat, hear him and his quartet playing Schubert, in that he is unique; his warmth, his feeling, his fire resulted in a great success in Vienna. Send him and his splendid colleagues my warmest greetings. Borwick is a refined and stylish artist. Listen to Mengelberg as much as you can, I think very highly of him. Sir Villiers’ Irish Rhapsody is certainly a solid piece of work, just like the earlier ones. Watch out for the boring parts. I have already heard of Albert Coates, but I never saw him. Those reviews of him which I saw were not unfavourable.