[Sterndale Bennett, William. (1816–1875] [Sullivan, Arthur Seymour. (1842–1900)] [Bennett, James Robert Sterndale. (1847–1928)] Goldschmidt, Otto. (1829–1907). Autograph letters signed to William Sterndale Bennett and Bennett's son. Three autograph letters by the German composer, conductor and pianist best known as the husband of Jenny Lind, signed "Otto Goldschmidt". In English. Eleven pages (total), 8vo, Wimbledon Park & South Kensington, 1868-98, one to the English Composer and Pianist William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) and two to Bennett's son. In the first, lengthy letter (8 pp.; Wimbledon Park, March 3, 1868), Goldschmidt discusses the Royal Academy of Music, the professors, students and class structures, trying hard to find common ground with his correspondent and concluding, "Whether lastly I have shewn any other than the most sincere wish to work amicably with You, I leave you to judge. God knows the feeling by which I have been actuated in my relation to you." In the earlier letter to Bennetts son (2 pp.; South Kensington, December 7, 1889), Goldschmidt approaches his correspondent on behalf of the direction of the Philharmonic Society with the suggestion to have a Concerto for Pianoforte by William Sterndale Bennett performed whose manuscript score is the composer's possession. The final letter (1 p.; South Kensington, 21 December 1898) briefly mentions that Arthur Sullivan agreed with Goldschmidt on the quality of William Sterndale Bennett's piano playing when they recently met. All three letters are in fine condition.