ABSTRACT
Jaeger's leisure enabled him to indulge his love of correspondence - even if Isabella had sometimes to act as his amanuensis - and many letters of this period have survived. Sydney Loeb had continued his sympathetic interest, and the rapport between the two became such that this correspondence in particular was to prove a rich vehicle for many of Jaeger's most intimate thoughts about Elgar and the Symphony. Correspondence continued also with Walford Davies, the content of whose new song cycle The Longjourney, for bass voice and orchestra, came in for some criticism of a distinctly worldly-wise kind, although Jaeger seemed as determined as ever to bolster Davies's morale. He revealed fears that he was no longer fully in Elgar's confidence, and probed over his progress on the Symphony; Alice had written with news that Elgar had been unwell.
