Fanny Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era who was known as Fanny Hensel after her...
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includes the Mendelssohn-Werkverzeichnis classification code (MWV). Op. 1, Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor (1822) (MWV Q 11) Op. 2, Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor...
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The Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40, was written in 1837 by Felix Mendelssohn and premiered at the Birmingham Festival on 21 September that year...
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Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14, is his last concerto. Well received at its premiere, it has remained among the most...
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On two occasions, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (in German Ein Sommernachtstraum). First in...
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Moses Mendelssohn (6 September 1729 – 4 January 1786) was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. His writings and ideas on Jews and the Jewish religion...
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Songs Without Words (redirect from Opus 62 No.1 (Mendelssohn))
piano works by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn written between 1829 and 1845. His sister, Fanny Mendelssohn, and other composers also wrote pieces...
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of the piano trios by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Gade, Schumann, Brahms, Dvořák and Shostakovich. Recordings with trios by Beethoven,...
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The Mendelssohn Scholarship, awarded by the Prussian State from 1879 to 1936, was revived in 1963 by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. The Foundation...
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Elijah (oratorio) (redirect from Elijah (Mendelssohn))
is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting events in the life of the Prophet Elijah as told in the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings of the Old Testament...
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