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 102 of 119
Songs Without Words, Book VII - D Major, Op. 85, No. 4
Songs Without Words, Book VII - A Major, Op. 85, No. 5
Songs Without Words, Book VII - Bb Major, Op. 85, No. 6
Songs Without Words, Book VIII - E Minor, Op. 102, No. 1
Songs Without Words, Book VIII - D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
Songs Without Words, Book VIII - C Major, Op. 102, No. 3
Songs Without Words, Book VIII - G Minor, Op. 102, No. 4
Songs Without Words, Book VIII - A Major Children's Piece, Op. 102, No. 5
Songs Without Words, Book VIII - C Major, Op. 102, No. 6
Song Without Words in E Minor Album Leaf, Op. 117
Capriccio in F# Minor, Op. 5
Caprice No. 1. A Minor, Op. 33, No. 1
Caprice No. 2. E Major, Op. 33, No. 2
Caprice No. 3. Bb Minor, Op. 33, No. 3
7 Characteristic Pieces - 1. Sanft und mit Empfindung, Op. 7, No. 1
7 Characteristic Pieces - 2. Mit heftiger Bewegung, Op. 7, No. 2
7 Characteristic Pieces - 3. Kraftig und feurig, Op. 7, No. 3
7 Characteristic Pieces - 4. Schnell und beweglich, Op. 7, No. 4
7 Characteristic Pieces - 5. Ernst und mit steigender Lebhaftigheit, Op. 7, No. 5
7 Characteristic Pieces - 6. Sehnsuchtig, Op. 7, No. 6
7 Characteristic Pieces - 7. Leicht und luftig, Op. 7, No. 7
3 Etudes - Bb Minor, Op. 104b, No. 1
3 Etudes - F Major, Op. 104b, No. 2
3 Etudes - A Minor, Op. 104b, No. 3
3 Fantasies or Caprices, Op. 16
Fantasy in F# Minor, Op. 28
Perpetuum Mobile in C Minor, Op. 119
6 Pieces for Children - 1. G Major, Op. 72, No. 1
6 Pieces for Children - 2. Eb Major, Op. 72, No. 2
6 Pieces for Children - 3. G Major, Op. 72, No. 3
6 Pieces for Children - 4. D Major, Op. 72, No. 4
6 Pieces for Children - 5. G Minor, Op. 72, No. 5
6 Pieces for Children - 6. F Major, Op. 72, No. 6
3 Preludes - Bb Major, Op. 104a, No. 1
3 Preludes - B Minor, Op. 104a, No. 2
3 Preludes - D Major, Op. 104a, No. 3
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Prelude in E Minor
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Fugue in E Minor
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Prelude in D Major
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Fugue in D Major
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Prelude in B Minor
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Fugue in B Minor
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Prelude in Ab Major
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Fugue in Ab Major
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Prelude in F Minor
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Fugue in F Minor
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Prelude in Bb Major
6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Fugue in Bb Major
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