biography
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Mendelssohn(-Bartholdy), (Jakob Ludwig) Felix
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pronunciation:
[mendlsuhn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1809–47)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Hamburg, N Germany, the grandson of Moses Mendelssohn, and the son of a Hamburg banker who added the name Bartholdy. He studied piano and composition in Berlin, making his first public appearance at the age of nine. A prolific composer even as a boy, among his early successes was the Midsummer Night's Dream overture (1826). In London in 1829 he conducted his C minor symphony. A tour of Scotland inspired him with the Hebrides overture (1830) and the Scottish Symphony. He founded an Academy of Arts at Berlin in 1841, and a music school at Leipzig in 1843. Other major works include his oratorios St Paul (1836) and Elijah (1846). |
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