Composer

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)

1809–1847

4,109 works in the index

Born: 1809
Died: 1847
Birthplace: Hamburg
Place of death: Leipzig
Citizenship / historical state: Kingdom of Saxony; Hamburg
Period (estimated from birth year): Romantic

Biography

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.

Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; pianist; organist; conductor; musicologist; music educator; university teacher; painter; writer; musician
Education: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Teachers: Carl Friedrich Zelter; Ludwig Berger; Marie Bigot; Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Franz Lauska; Ignaz Moscheles
Career institutions / employers: University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
Recorded memberships: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Instruments played: organ; piano; violin
Genres: opera; classical music; symphonic music
Movements: Romantic music
Notable works: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4; Violin Concerto in E minor; The Hebrides; St. Paul; Elijah
Awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; honorary citizen of Leipzig; Pour le Mérite
Official website: https://www.mendelssohn-stiftung.de/de/
Languages used: German; French; English
VIAF ID: 2665666
ISNI: 0000000121181195
GND ID: 118580779
Library of Congress ID: n79139515
MusicBrainz ID: 0e85eb79-1c05-44ba-827c-7b259a3d941a

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Choir, Voice, Organ, percussion
Genres represented: Classical, Christmas, pop, Pop, Jazz
Works with composition dates: 120 of 4,109

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 51 of 86

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
Mass No. 5 in A-Flat Major, D. 678 - Sanctus	—	D. 678	A-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 5 in A-Flat Major, D. 678 - Osanna, alternate version	—	D. 678	A-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 5 in A-Flat Major, D. 678 - Agnus Dei	—	D. 678	A-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950 - Kyrie eleison	—	D. 950	E-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950 - Et incarnatus est	—	D. 950	E-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950 - Crucifixus	—	D. 950	E-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950 - Et resurrexit	—	D. 950	E-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950 - Osanna	—	D. 950	E-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950 - Agnus Dei	—	D. 950	E-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950 - Dona nobis pacem	—	D. 950	E-Flat major	Choir	—	0
Miriam's Song of Triumph, Op. 136 - But hark! what sighings	—	Op. 136	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 1. Jesus Christus schwebt	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 2. Bei des Mittlers Kreuze	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 3. Liebend neiget er sein Antlitz	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 4. Engel freuten sich der Wonne	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 5. Wer wird Zahren sanften Mitleids	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 6. Ach, was hatten wir empfunden	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 7. Erben sollen sie am Throne	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 8. Sohn des Vaters	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 9. O du herrlicher	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 11. Das dereinst wir	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Stabat Mater, D. 383 - 12. Amen, amen	—	D. 383	—	Choir	—	0
Tantum Ergo in Eb Major, D. 962	—	D. 962	E-flat major	Choir	—	0
Athalia, Op. 74 - Ouverture	—	Op. 74	—	—	—	1
Elijah, Op. 70, Part I - Overture	—	Op. 70	—	—	—	1
Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60 - I. Overture (Das schlechte Wetter)	—	Op. 60	—	—	—	0
The First Walpurgis Night, Op. 60 - Overture	—	Op. 60	—	—	—	1
Saint Paul, Op.36, Part I - 1. Overture	—	Op.36	—	—	—	1
A All Menll Things (Mendelssohn-Hymn of Praise)	—	—	—	Choir	—	0
All Ye That Cried (Mendelssohn-Hymn of Praise)	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Let All Men Praise the Lord (Mendelssohn-Hymn of Praise)	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Ye Nations, Offer to the Lord (Mendelssohn-Hymn of Praise)	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Lord, Thou Alone Art God	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
And All That Sat In The Council	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
Stone Him To Death	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
O Great Is The Depth	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
The Nations Are Now The Lord's	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
The O Thou True And Only Light	—	—	—	Choir	—	0
For Know Ye Not?	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
But Our God Abideth In Heaven	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
Far Be It From Thy Path	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
See What Love	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
To Thee O Lord	—	—	—	Choir	—	1
A Sleepers, Wake Voice	—	—	—	Choir	—	0
But The Lord Is Mindful Of His Own	—	—	—	Choir	—	0
Autumn Song	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	1
Maybell And The Flowers,The	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	1
I Leaned Against Tow'ring Mast	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	1

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 2665666. Portrait: Eduard Magnus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.