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Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. The grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a notable ethnically Jewish family, although he himself was brought up initially without religion, and later as a Lutheran Christian. He was recognised early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his abilities. Like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart before him, Mendelssohn was regarded as a child prodigy. He began taking piano lessons from his mother when he was six, and at seven was tutored by Marie Bigot in Paris. After the family moved to Berlin, all four Mendelssohn children studied piano with Ludwig Berger, who was himself a former student of Muzio Clementi. From at least May 1819 Felix (and his sister Fanny) studied counterpoint and composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter in Berlin. This was an important influence on his future career. Zelter had almost certainly been recommended as a teacher by his aunt Sarah Levy, who had been a pupil of W. F. Bach and a patron of C. P. E. Bach.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 More info
12 Songs, Op.8 More info
Andante Cantabile e Presto Agitato, WoO.6 (Mendelssohn, Felix) More info
6 Songs, Op.47 More info
Andante Cantabile e Presto Agitato, WoO.6 More info
Allegro Brillant, Op.92 More info
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Variations serieuses op.54 More info
Piano Concerto No. 2 More info
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String Quartet No.1, Op.12 (Mendelssohn, Felix) More info
Andante Cantabile e Presto Agitato, WoO.6 (Mendelssohn, Felix) More info
String Quartet No.1, Op.12 More info
String Quartet No.2, Op.13 More info
String Quartet No.1, Op.12 More info
String Quartet No.1, Op.12 More info
String Quartet No.3, Op.44 No.1 More info
String Quartet No.4, Op.44 No.2 More info
String Quartet No.5, Op.44 No.3 More info
String Quartet No.6, Op.80 More info
String Quintet No.1, Op.18 More info
String Quintet No.2, Op.87 More info
Symphony No.1, Op.11 More info
Mendelssohn - String Quartet No.1, Op.12 More info
String Quartet No.1, Op.12 - Complete Score More info
Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op.12 More info
3 Caprices, Op.33 More info
Symphony No.2, Op.52 More info
Symphony No.3, Op.56 More info
Symphony No.4, Op.90 More info
Symphony No.5, Op.107 More info
Allegro Brillant, Op.92 More info
Andante Cantabile e Presto Agitato, WoO.6 More info
Andante Cantabile e Presto Agitato, WoO.19 More info
Andante con Variazioni, Op.82 More info
Andante und Variationen, Op.83a More info
Antigone, Op.55 More info
Athalia, Op.74 More info
Capriccio Brillant, Op.22 More info
Capriccio, Op.5 More info
Capriccio, Op.118 More info
3 Caprices, Op.16 More info
Caprices, Op.33 More info
Cello Sonata No.1, Op.45 More info
Cello Sonata No.2, Op.58 More info
Concert Piece No.2, Op.114 More info
Compositions for Cello and Piano More info
Concert-Arie, Op.94 More info
Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60 More info
Etudes, Op.104 More info
Feuille d'Album, Op.117 More info
Funeral March, Op.103 More info
The Hebrides, Op.26 More info
Die Hochzeit des Camacho, Op.10 More info
6 Kinderstücke, Op.72 More info
Kirchenmusik, Op.23 More info
6 Lieder im Freien zu singen, Op.59 More info
Lieder und Gesänge More info
6 Lieder, Op.41 More info
3 Lieder, Op.77 More info
Loreley, Op.98 More info
Marche for Orchestra, Op.108 More info
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op.27 More info
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 More info
3 Motetten, Op.39 More info
Overture für Harmoniemusik, Op.24 More info
Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21 More info
Overture zum Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op.32 More info
Paulus, Op.36 More info
Phantasie, Op.28 More info
Piano Concerto No.1, Op.25 More info
Piano Concerto No.2, Op.40 More info
Piano Quartet No.1, Op.1 More info
Piano Quartet No.2, Op.2 More info
Piano Quartet No.3, Op.3 More info
Piano Sextet, Op.110 More info
Piano Trio No.1, Op.49 More info
Piano Trio No.2, Op.66 More info
6 Praeludien und Fugen, Op.35 More info
4 Pieces for String Quartet, Op.81 More info
3 Preludes and Fugues, Op.37 More info
Psalm 42 (As the Hart Pants), Op.42 More info
Psalm 95, Op.46 More info
Psalm 100 More info
Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14 More info
Rondo Brillant, Op.29 More info
Ruy Blas Overture, Op.95 More info
Serenade and Allegro Giocoso, Op.43 More info
6 Sonatas for Organ, Op.65 More info
Songs Without Words (complete) More info
Songs Without Words, Op.19b More info
Songs Without Words, Op.30 More info
Songs Without Words, Op.38 More info
Songs Without Words, Op.53 More info
Songs Without Words, Op.62 More info
Songs Without Words, Op.67 More info
Songs Without Words, Op.85 More info
Songs Without Words, Op.102 More info
4 Songs for 4 Male Voices, Op.76 More info
12 Songs, Op.8 More info
6 Songs, Op.19 More info
6 Songs, Op.34 More info
6 Songs, Op.47 More info
Variations Concertantes, Op.17 More info
String Octet, Op.20 More info
Variations Sérieuses Op.54 More info
Variations, Op.83 More info
Violin Concerto, Op.64 More info
Walpurgisnacht, Op.60 More info

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