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Mendelssohn was the bridge between Classical and Romantic music.
A precious child, by the time he died at age 38, he composed 7 operas, 5 symphonies, 3 orators, 2 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, and a myriad of lieders, hymns, and chamber music.
So, what are your favorite pieces, lieders, and fun facts of the composer?
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 27, 2025 10:20 PM |
[quote] A precious child, by the time he died at age 38, he composed 7 operas, 5 symphonies, 3 orators, 2 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, and a myriad of lieders, hymns, and chamber music.
Precocious?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 18, 2025 11:29 PM |
Was he gay? His name was Felix.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 18, 2025 11:29 PM |
I always loved his Third Symphony- The Scottish Symphony. He wrote it (and the Hebrides) while staying at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Attached is the London Symphony Orchestra in top form, conducted by Claudio Abbado.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 18, 2025 11:29 PM |
R2 No, he was married and had 5 children.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 18, 2025 11:30 PM |
[quote]Mendelssohn was the bridge between Classical and Romantic music.
No, he wasn’t. That would be Beethoven, Hummel, Weber, or Rossini.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 18, 2025 11:31 PM |
He wrote it, and the Hebrides?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 18, 2025 11:32 PM |
The Italian Symphony
Sit Georg Solti conducts The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 18, 2025 11:34 PM |
R5 From encyclopedia: "Mendelssohn wrote in a combination of Classical and Romantic styles, using elements and inspiration from both"
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 18, 2025 11:35 PM |
R4 = John Travolta
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 18, 2025 11:36 PM |
He was as straight as I am!
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 18, 2025 11:45 PM |
His Fanny was the love of his life.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 18, 2025 11:47 PM |
ALL children are precious, OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 18, 2025 11:49 PM |
R9 - So did dozens of other composers, both before and after Mendelssohn; that doesn’t make him “The Bridge.”
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 19, 2025 12:26 AM |
They ripped off his e minor piano scherzo and used it in The Wizard of Oz:
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 19, 2025 12:41 AM |
[quote] Mendelssohn was the bridge between Classical and Romantic music.
He was A bridge, but certainly not THE bridge.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 19, 2025 12:43 AM |
If composers were executed at 18, he would be the greatest composer who ever lived by a considerable margin. His precocity was supernatural. It’s odd that Mozart secured the top place as prodigy/freak of nature. Nothing Mozart wrote before 18 comes anywhere near Mendelssohn’s teenage compostons. .
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 19, 2025 1:53 AM |
[quote] ALL children are precious, OP.
Wrong.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 19, 2025 1:57 AM |
[quote] compostons
Much of what Mozart wrote before 18 belongs in the compost heap.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 19, 2025 2:00 AM |
He WAS Felix Mendelssohn!
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 19, 2025 2:00 AM |
Not in the top tier of composers, but near the top of the just-below-top-tier. My two cents, and I’m sticking by my opinion
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 19, 2025 2:11 AM |
R23 Can you elucidate please?
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 19, 2025 2:50 AM |
R23 I think he is Top 20 for sure!
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 19, 2025 3:21 AM |
Any more recordings?
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