Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was born on February 3‚ 1809‚ to Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn in Hamburg‚ Germany (Oxford Companion 1162). He was the second of four children‚ but he was closer to his older sister Fanny than any of his other siblings. The two of them studied music and played together for many years‚ and Fanny also composed. Several of the Songs Without Words were her works‚ published under Felix ’s name because of the family ’s feeling that it was unbecoming for a woman to
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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy( aka Felix Mendelssohn) was born in Hamburg‚ Germany on February 3‚ 1809. He was born into a wealthy family. He had three siblings‚ but only one of them was almost as good as him‚ Fanny Mendelssohn his older sister by 4 years. They were both taught by many respected teachers in Germany‚ but Fanny seemed always be in Felix’s shadows. They were both phenomenal pianist and composers of the romantic era. After years of lessons Felix made his debut playing piano
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The Mendelssohn Concerto in E Minor: A Staple of the Violin Repertoire “I would like to compose a violin concerto for next winter. One in E minor keeps running through my head‚ and the opening gives me no peace‚” German composer Felix Mendelssohn wrote to his friend‚ violinist Ferdinand David‚ in 1838. Mendelssohn would seek to collaborate on his last orchestral work with David‚ revising it painstakingly until its premiere in Leipzig in 1845. The first movement of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
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Music Comparison: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Ludwig van Beethoven Inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven and the ideas of Romanticism‚ the new group of composers in music were born. One composer‚ Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel‚ grew to love composing music‚ like Beethoven. The child prodigies both delighted in learning and performing music at a young age. Hensel learned music from many different teachers‚ but Beethoven was taught by more known instructors. Although the two composers both lived in Germany
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Heather Holzopfel The Understanding of Music Professor Kramer March 26‚ 2012 Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg‚ Germany on February 3‚ 1809. He was one of four children‚ Fanny‚ Rebekah‚ and Paul were his siblings. He showed off his talent at a young age by playing the piano‚ violin‚ painting and gifted in many languages. When he moved to Berlin‚ Felix studied piano and composition under Ludwig Berger and Karl F. Zelter. Zelter took his 12 year old student to visit Johann
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men. However‚ their opportunities were still limited by tradition. Therefore‚ the role of the 19th century women as performers and composers was not equal to men‚ as can be seen in the case of Fanny Hansel‚ a sibling of the well known composer Felix Mendelssohn. At the beginning of the 19th century‚ the numbers of female amateur musicians rose due to the increasingly prosperity of the middle classes. According to Reich (1991)‚ most women from well-to-do families had an opportunity to learn to play
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Study Questions Unit II Part 2 (Chapters 28-29‚ 32) The Romantic Era Chapter 28 1) How old was Mendelssohn when he composed the Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream? 17 2) How does Mendelssohn tell the story of the play through music? By using melodies that can be readily associated with the play’s principal characters. 3) What is program music? Why was it important during the 19th-century? Purely instrumental work openly linked in some way to an object‚ story‚ or idea outside of the music; Artists
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twenty-first birthday. They worked together‚ composing and performing and raising their eight children. In Clara’s childhood‚ she met‚ performed for‚ and was admired by performers and composers such as Goethe‚ Paganini‚ Louis Spohr‚ Chopin‚ Liszt and Mendelssohn. She was influenced by each of these men and made an impact on them as
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of things. In 1829‚ Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by a great cavern‚ rich with Scottish mythology. While sailing through the Hebrides Islands off the coast of Scotland‚ he saw the famed Fingal’s Cave and was so moved by its beauty that he jotted down a full orchestration that became the beginning of one of his most famous works‚ The Hebrides Overture. Originally titled‚ The Lonely Island‚ this masterpiece has become a staple in today’s orchestral repertoire. Felix Mendelssohn was born on February
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Beethoven 1782-92 he was in Bonn‚ Germany (1st Period) (1770-1827) Path. in c minor op 13 1792-1802 he was in Vienna (2nd Period) His primary tool for composition was the piano 2/3 of his piano sonata came from the second period Was a student of Hadyn Technical demand to execute his compositions more rapidly Chamber and Symphonic music 1815-1827 (3rd Period) Starts to lose his hearing around 2nd period‚ he can still hear just losing his ability to hear String quartets were considered decades
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