Felix Mendelssohn
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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic era. Mendelssohn's compositions include sympho
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy by Eduard Magnus
Felix Mendelssohn aged 12 (1821) by Carl Joseph Begas
First page of the manuscript of Mendelssohn's Octet (1825)
The composer's study in Mendelssohn House, a museum in Leipzig
Fanny Hensel
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Fanny Cäcilie Hensel née Mendelssohn was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, also known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Her compositions number over 450, and include a string quar
Felix Mendelssohn
…Christian church. He was recognised early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his talent. His sister Fanny received a similar musical education and was a talented composer and pianist in her own right; some of her early songs were published under her brother's…
Hensel, 1842
Carl Friedrich Zelter – portrait by Carl Begas (1827)
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, as drawn by Fanny's husband Wilhelm Hensel
Felix Mendelssohn aged 12 (1821) by Carl Begas