Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Bio
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was born in Hamburg. His father was a prominent Jewish German banker but the family converted to Protestantism and were all baptized. Felix studied under Ludwig Berger (a student of Muzio Clementi) and Carl Friedrich Zelter. Felix was a prodigious composer, producing many works in his early teens. He conducted Bach's St Matthew's Passion in Berlin at age 20 and is believed to have ignited the revival of appreciation for the Baroque master. He traveled all over Europe, composing and conducting, but pushed his health too far and died after a series of strokes at just 38 years old.
Music
Symphony No. 3 in A minor "Scottish"
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian"
Symphony No. 5 in D major/minor "Reformation"
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor
Octet in E-flat major
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Midsummer Night's Dream
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