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British people quickly took Felix Mendelssohn into their hearts. Indeed, such was the 37-year-old Mendelssohn's impact in England that in 1846 he directed the first performance of his new oratorio, Elijah, as the chief attraction of the Birmingham Festival.
The composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) enraptured the royal courts and concert halls of Europe before dying at 38, shattered by the sudden death of his beloved sister and musical soul mate ...
Felix Mendelssohn. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. He revived classical approaches within the Romantic movement, whose excesses and manners he condemned as vulgar.
Felix Mendelssohn was born into a family of means and privilege. His intellect and aptitude for music were apparent at an early age; by the age of fourteen he had already demonstrated an astonishing facility for musical composition, composing over one hundred works, from small scale keyboard works to large scale operas and symphonies.
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Apr 12, 2024 · A creative prodigy without equal, by his midteens Felix Mendelssohn was composing startlingly original masterworks that combine Classical elegance and poise with Romantic fantasy. Born in Hamburg in 1809 and raised by an enlightened family that nurtured his polymathic genius, he was viewed by his admiring public as the natural heir of Mozart.
Mar 29, 2009 · Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music (Op. 61) to Shakes...
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