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Abraham Ernst Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born Abraham Mendelssohn; 10 December 1776 – 19 November 1835) [1] was a German Jewish banker and philanthropist. He was the father of Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn, Rebecka Mendelssohn, and Paul Mendelssohn. Early life. Mendelssohn was born and died in Berlin.
Apr 26, 2022 · Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born Abraham Mendelssohn) (Berlin, 10 December 1776 – 19 November 1835 in Berlin) was a German Jewish banker and philanthropist. He was the son of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and the father of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.
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- Felicia Pauline Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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- December 10, 1776
Financier. The son of German-Jewish philospher Moses Mendelssohn and father of composers Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. Born in Berlin, he showed an early interest in cultural life, co-founding the Jewish liberal society Gesellschaft der Freunde (1792) and becoming an active member of the Berlin Singakademie (1793)....
Oct 5, 2014 · ABRAHAM MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY; Sebastian Hensel; Translated by Carl Klingemann; Introduction by George Grove; Book: The Mendelssohn Family (1729–1847) Online publication: 05 October 2014; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338098.007
ISSN: 0340-8140. Includes extracts from the correspondence between the Mendelssohns (Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn as well as Fanny Hensel) with the English Alexander sisters, who had become acquainted with both Felix and Abraham during their visits to London.
D. M. K. Felix Mendelssohn (full name, Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy): German composer; born at Hamburg Feb. 3, 1809; died at Leipsic Nov. 4, 1847. He was a grandson of Moses Mendelssohn and a son of the banker Abraham Mendelssohn, who removed to Berlin in 1811.
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Felix's father Abraham Mendelssohn (1776-1835) was one of the latter, although (tellingly enough) he and his wife Lea Salomon (1777-1842) did not officially convert until 1822. In 1816, at the age of seven, Felix, along with his siblings, were baptized into the Protestant faith.
