Felix mendelssohn interesting facts
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Mendelssohn: 15 facts about the great composer
His Wedding March is heard as brides walk down the aisle all over the world - but what else is there to know about Felix Mendelssohn?
1. Queen Victoria's tribute
Queen Victoria described Mendelssohn as 'the greatest musical genius since Mozart' and 'the most amiable man. He was quite worshipped by those who knew him intimately, & we have so much appreciated & admired his wonderfully beautiful compositions. We liked & esteemed the excellent man, & looked up to & revered, the wonderful genius, & the great mind, which I fear were too much for the frail delicate body. With it all he was so modest and simple…’
2. A true prodigy
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy came from a wealthy Hamburg family who mixed with many of Germany’s leading artists and musicians. A frighteningly clever child prodigy, the young Felix excelled as a painter, poet, athlete, linguist and musician.
3. The young pianist
When he was six, Felix began taking piano lessons from his mother. After t
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Felix Mendelssohn
German composer (1809–1847)
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Felix Mendelssohn
Portrait from 1846
Born (1809-02-03)3 February 1809 Hamburg
Died 4 November 1847(1847-11-04) (aged 38) Leipzig
Occupations - Composer
- pianist
- organist
- conductor
Works List of compositions Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy[n 1] (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn,[n 2] was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (which includes his "Wedding March"), the Italian and Scottish Symphonies, the oratoriosSt. Paul and Elijah, the Hebrides Overture, the mature Violin Concerto, the String Octet, and the melody used in the Christmas carol "Hark! Th
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Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn, (born Feb. 3, 1809, Hamburg—died Nov. 4, 1847, Leipzig), German composer. Grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, he grew up in a wealthy Jewish family that had converted to Protestantism.
He began to compose at age 11; at 16 he wrote his first masterpiece, the String Octet in E Flat Major (1825), followed by the Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826). In 1829 he conducted the first performance in 100 years of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, greatly contributing to the Bach revival.
He wrote the first of a series of elegant piano works, Songs Without Words, in 1830. His Reformation (1832) and Italian (1833) symphonies date from this period. He observed Classical models and practices while initiating key aspects of Romanticism, which exalted emotions and the imagination above rigid forms and traditions.
After serving as music director of the Catholic city of Düsseldorf (1833–35), he took the parallel position in Protestant Leipzig. There he built up the Gewandhaus Orchestra, making Leipzig the musical capital of
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