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Felix Mendelssohn

Also known as Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)

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Felix Mendelssohn was a 19th-century German composer and musician who wrote symphonies, concertos, and other classical works that remain widely performed today. His contributions to Romantic-era music and his versatility as both a composer and performer made him one of the most influential musical figures of his time.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Ludwig
Gender: male
Citizenship: Hamburg
Place of birth: Hamburg
Place of death: Leipzig
Spouse: Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Father: Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Occupation: writer
Educated at: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Employer: University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Pour le Mérite
Notable work: Elijah
Student of: Ignaz Moscheles
Genre: symphonic music
Movement: Romantic music
Instrument: violin
Official website: www.mendelssohn-stiftung.de/de
Image: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy by Eduard Magnus (1833).jpg
Number of children: 5

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writing language: French
Commons category: Felix Mendelssohn
date of birth: 1809-01-01
date of death: 1847-00-00
IPA transcription: ˈjaːkɔp ˈluːtvɪç ˈfeːlɪks ˈmɛndl̩szoːn baʁˈtɔldi
topic's main category: Category:Felix Mendelssohn
Commons Creator page: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
place of burial: cemeteries at Hallesches Tor
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
relative: Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
member of: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
name in native language: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
interested in: philosophy
start of work period: 1826-00-00
list of works: list of compositions by Felix Mendelssohn
related category: Category:Compositions by Felix Mendelssohn
end of work period: 1843-00-00
cause of death: stroke
P8168: Ignatius IV of Antioch
P12749: Valeyres-sous-Rances

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Felix Mendelssohn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Symphonie-cantate [Música notada] :]sur des paroles de la Sainte Ecriture, oeuv. 52

Mendelssohn [música impresa]: douze célèbres romances sans paroles

4ème. symphonie en partition, oeuv. 90 [Música notada]

Lieder ohne Worte [Noted Music]:] 18 [sic] doubt

Ouverture, Fingalshöhle [Música notada]

Le retour au pays ou Le fils de l'étrangère. Ouverture [Música notada]

Marche triomphale [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Salut printemps [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Méditation [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Chant funèbre [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Canzonetta du 1er. quatuor [Música notada]

Nuptial March of the Dream of a Summer Night [Música notada]

Le rouet [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Chasse à courre [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Sur la grève [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Duo [Music Noted]: romance sans paroles

Marche nuptiale du Songe d'une nuit d'été [Música notada]

Un sogno di una notte d'estate di Shakspeare. Marcia di nozze [Música notada] ]

Andante cantabile e presto agitato [Música notada] : per pianoforte

Collezione completa delle Romanze senza parole [Música notada]

Consolation [Música notada] : romance sans paroles de F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy

2me. barcarolle [Música notada] : romance sans paroles de F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Tristesse de l'âme [Música notada] : romance sans paroles de F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy

La chanson du printemps [Música notada] : romance sans paroles de Mendelssohn

La fileuse [Música notada] : romance sans paroles de F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy

La plainte du pâtre [Música notada] : romance sans paroles de F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Mélancolie [Música notada]

Aubade [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Chant poétique [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Souvenance [Música notada] : romance sans paroles

Canzonetta [Música notada]

["El Sueño de una Noche de Verano" de F. Mendelssohn]

Lieder ohne Worte für Pianoforte [Música notada]

Ouverture de l'oratorio de Paulus [Música notada] :]à quatre mains pour le piano, oeuv., 36

Ouverture de concert [Música notada]

6 lieder pour 4 voix, 2 tenors et 2 basses sans accompagnement, oeuvre 50 [Música notada]

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Encyclopedic overview

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic era. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His best-known works include the String Octet, the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (which includes his "Wedding March"), the Italian and Scottish Symphonies, the oratorios St. Paul and Elijah, the Hebrides Overture, the mature Violin Concerto, and the melody used in the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words are his most famous solo piano compositions.

Mendelssohn's grandfather was the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, but Felix was initially raised without religion until he was baptised aged seven into the Reformed Christian church. He was recognised early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his talent. His sister Fanny received a similar musical education and was a talented composer and pianist in her own right; some of her early songs were published under her brother's name and her Easter Sonata was for a time mistakenly attributed to him after being lost and rediscovered in the 1970s.

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