From Mendelssohn’s Elijah to his Scottish Symphony, here are some of the early Romantic composer’s most glorious pieces of music. Although he only lived to 38, Mendelssohn left behind a remarkable ...

and found a composer blessed with artistic gifts which allowed him to chronicle his extraordinary life in words – and pictures. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847) was almost absurdly ...

(MENAFN- USA Art News) A chalk on paper study of the influential Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn as a child has sold at auction for £34,040, soaring over its estimate of £2,000-£3,000.

She was born into a musical family – her mother taught her to play the piano and her brother was the composer Felix Mendelssohn. Fanny was such a brilliant pianist that at the age of 13 she could play ...

The Chamber Singers of Iowa City, with orchestra and soloists, are delighted to present Felix ... perform this work in English. Mendelssohn, an early Romantic composer, wrote this oratorio in ...

After several months of hiatus, Camerata del Sol is back — and will perform two concerts this weekend in Las Cruces and El ...

Mendelssohn is one of the 'Sunshine Composers' who, like Rossini and Saint-Saëns, wrote effortless, life-enhancing, optimistic music. 'Felix' is the Latin for 'happy' an auspicious choice for it ...

The prolific German composer Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) wrote some 450 works - "but many were published under her brother's name," said <a href=" Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) ...

This popular Christmas song would probably have been rejected by the composer and lyricist had they known it in its present form. Felix Mendelssohn originally wrote the melody for an 1840 cantata ...