Biography of felix mendelssohn the composer
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Felix Mendelssohn
(1809-1847)
Who Was Felix Mendelssohn?
German composer Felix Mendelssohn made his public debut in Berlin at just 9 years old. In 1819, he joined the Singakademie music academy and began composing non-stop. At Singakademie, he also became a conductor, but continued to compose prolifically. Mendelssohn founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843.
Childhood
Pianist, composer and conductor Felix Mendelssohn was born Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in Hamburg, Germany, on February 3, 1809. His parents were Jewish, but converted to Christianity before he, his brother and two sisters were born. When Mendelssohn was 2 years old, he moved to Berlin with his parents and siblings. In Berlin, the ung Mendelssohn began taking piano lessons with Ludwig Berger. Mendelssohn also studied composition under composer K.F. Zelter as a child. In 1816, he broadened his lessons, studying under pianist Marie Bigot during an extended stay in Paris, France.
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Felix Mendelssohn: effortlessly gifted Romantic
Here is an introduction to the life and work of that supremely talented early Romantic composer, Felix Mendelssohn, whose facility for melody and drama can be matched by few composers.
Who was Felix Mendelssohn?
Felix Mendelssohn was the most precocious musical genius of all time, Mozart included. In 1821, at the age of 12, he astonished Goethe and his circle in Weimar with his keyboard prowess. In Berlin he entranced all with performances of his string symphonies, concertos and chamber works.
By his 15th birthday his old teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter proclaimed the boy a member of the brotherhood of Bach, Haydn and Mozart. Before he was 16 the ‘master’ had already composed the brilliant B minor Piano Quartet, with its fleet, feathery scherzo – the first example of a genre Mendelssohn was to make his own.
When was Mendelssohn born?
Felix Mendelssohn was born on 3 February 1809 in Hamburg, Germany. His father Abraham Men
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Felix Mendelssohn
German composer (1809–1847)
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| Born | (1809-02-03)3 February 1809 Hamburg |
| Died | 4 November 1847(1847-11-04) (aged 38) Leipzig |
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| Works | List of compositions |
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy[n 1] (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn,[n 2] was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (which includes his "Wedding March"), the Italian and Scottish Symphonies, the oratoriosSt. Paul and Elijah, the Hebrides Overture