Composer
Felix Mendelssohn
5,671 works in the index
- Era
- Romantic
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Born in
- Hamburg
Mendelssohn wrote fluently and early, and his music is unusually grateful to play — it lies well under the hand in a way that his contemporaries' often does not.
The Songs Without Words are the most useful thing in this catalogue for a developing pianist: forty-eight short pieces across a wide range of difficulty, several genuinely accessible, all musically substantial. The Violin Concerto is a cornerstone of that instrument's repertoire, and Elijah of the choral one.
He also wrote a great deal of organ music, including six sonatas, which sits in the small category of nineteenth-century organ repertoire that is neither Bach nor French.
Catalogue
Works page 101 of 119
Im FrŸhling
FrŸhlingsglaube
Des MŠdchens Klage
Keine von der Erde Schšnen
Ich hšr ein Všglein
Sonata in E Major, Op. 6
Sonata in Bb Major, Op. 106
Variations in Eb Major, Op. 82
Variations in Bb Major, Op. 83
Songs Without Words, Book I - E Major, Op. 19, No. 1
Songs Without Words, Book I - A Minor, Op. 19, No. 2
Songs Without Words, Book I - Hunting Song A Major, Op. 19, No. 3
Songs Without Words, Book I - A Major, Op. 19, No. 4
Songs Without Words, Book I - F# Minor, Op. 19, No. 5
Songs Without Words, Book I - Venetian Gondola Song G Minor, Op. 19, No. 6
Songs Without Words, Book II - Eb Major, Op. 30, No. 1
Songs Without Words, Book II - Bb Minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Songs Without Words, Book II - E Major, Op. 30, No. 3
Songs Without Words, Book II - B Minor, Op. 30, No. 4
Songs Without Words, Book II - D Major, Op. 30, No. 5
Songs Without Words, Book II - Venetian Gondola Song F# Minor, Op. 30, No. 6
Songs Without Words, Book III - Eb Major, Op. 38, No. 1
Songs Without Words, Book III - C Minor, Op. 38, No. 2
Songs Without Words, Book III - E Major, Op. 38, No. 3
Songs Without Words, Book III - A Major, Op. 38, No. 4
Songs Without Words, Book III - A Minor, Op. 38, No. 5
Songs Without Words, Book III - Duet Ab Major, Op. 38, No. 6
Songs Without Words, Book IV - Ab Major, Op. 53, No. 1
Songs Without Words, Book IV - Eb Major, Op. 53, No. 2
Songs Without Words, Book IV - G Minor, Op. 53, No. 3
Songs Without Words, Book IV - F Major, Op. 53, No. 4
Songs Without Words, Book IV - Folk Song A Minor, Op. 53, No. 5
Songs Without Words, Book IV - A Major, Op. 53, No. 6
Songs Without Words, Book V - G Major, Op. 62, No. 1
Songs Without Words, Book V - Bb Major, Op. 62, No. 2
Songs Without Words, Book V - Funeral March E Minor, Op. 62, No. 3
Songs Without Words, Book V - G Major, Op. 62, No. 4
Songs Without Words, Book V - Venetian Gondola Song A Minor, Op. 62, No. 5
Songs Without Words, Book V - Spring Song A Major, Op. 62, No. 6
Songs Without Words, Book VI - Eb Major, Op. 67, No. 1
Songs Without Words, Book VI - F# Minor, Op. 67, No. 2
Songs Without Words, Book VI - Bb Major, Op. 67, No. 3
Songs Without Words, Book VI - Spinning Song C Major, Op. 67, No. 4
Songs Without Words, Book VI - B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5
Songs Without Words, Book VI - E Major, Op. 67, No. 6
Songs Without Words, Book VII - F Major, Op. 85, No. 1
Songs Without Words, Book VII - A Minor, Op. 85, No. 2
Songs Without Words, Book VII - Eb Major, Op. 85, No. 3
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