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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Mendelssohn
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Interesting Facts about this famous classical composer and musician are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Accomplishments and reasons Mendelssohn is famous: Classical Composer and musician - he was one of the leading Romantic Period Composers- he was a piano and violin virtuoso and conductor

  • Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Mendelssohn was born on February 3, 1809
  • Fact 3 - Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
  • Fact 4 - Full Name: Felix Mendelssohn aka Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
  • Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1809-1847
  • Fact 6 - Name of mother and father: His parents names were Abraham Mendelssohn and Leah Salomon and he was one of four children
  • Fact 7 - Family background: His father was a wealthy banker from a distinguished Jewish family including the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn
  • Fact 8 - Childhood and education: Felix Mendelssohn was recognised early as a musical prodigy but also provided with an excellent education
  • Fact 9 - Abraham Mendelssohn renounced the Jewish religion and the children were baptised as Lutherans
  • Fact 10 - Mendelssohn made his first public concert appearance at age nine
  • Fact 11 - Felix Mendelssohn studied composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter in Berlin who became a highly influential person in his life
  • Fact 12 - Following his education he embarked on his musical career travelling across Europe, meeting famous composers and musicians of the age
  • Fact 13 - In 1833 Felix Mendelssohn became music director in DUsseldorf
  • Fact 14 - In 1835 he became conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig
  • Fact 15 - Felix Mendelssohn suffered from a stroke which was the cause of his death
  • Fact 16 - Date of Death: He died on November 4, 1847 in Berlin
  • Fact 17 - Felix Mendelssohn wrote symphonies, operas, vocal works, choral, piano and organ works
  • Fact 18 - His music lives on and the musical works of Mendelssohn include the following:
    • Octet for Strings in E flat major
      Op. 20, A Midsummer Night's Dream Opus 21
      Hebrides Overture
      Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us
      Italian Symphony
    • Violin Concerto
    • Wedding March

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