Mendelssohn is one of the 'Sunshine Composers' who, like Rossini and Saint-Saëns, wrote effortless, life-enhancing, optimistic music. 'Felix' is the Latin for 'happy' an auspicious choice for it ...
Felix Mendelssohn was the most profoundly gifted prodigy-composer of all time. Let us not forget Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Korngold, who also composed with phenomenal skill and assurance during their ...
Listen to the opening of Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet, as played by Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and friends on the irresistible recording they made in 1961 at the old Elvis-haunted RCA studios ...
Felix Mendelssohn wrote his A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture when he was only 17, but he didn't finish the job until 16 years later… Almost unbelievably, Felix Mendelssohn wrote this zipping ...
I'll never forget the moment my ears were opened to Mendelssohn. The Emerson Quartet was playing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, and the last piece on the programme was Mendelssohn's Sixth ...
His dual name reflects a multi-faceted religious identity, but Hitler's Third Reich homed in on his Jewishness and banned Felix Mendelssohn’s music. On the paternal side, Mendelssohn was the grandson ...
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