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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 54 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
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Opus 102 #6 — Opus 102— Piano— 1
Songs Without Words, Book V - Spring Song A Major, Op. 62, No. 6 — Op. 62, No. 6— —— 1
Songs Without Words, Book VI - Spinning Song C Major, Op. 67, No. 4 — Op. 67, No. 4— —— 1
Rondo Capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14 — Op. 14E major —— 0
Scherzo in B Minor — —B minor —— 0
Scherzo a Capriccioso in F# Minor — —F-sharp minor —— 0
On Wings Of Song 1835Wikidata —— —— 0
Symphony No. 4 (Italian) - 3rd Movement Theme — —— —— 0
Nocturne From A Midsummer Night's Dream — —— —— 0
Wedding March From A Midsummer Night's Dream — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 4 (Italian) - 2nd Movement Theme — —— —— 0
Scherzo (E Minor) — —— —— 0
Spinning Song from Song Without Words — —— —— 0
Agitation — —— PianoClassical 0
Delirium — —— PianoClassical 0
Elegy — —— PianoClassical 0
Flight — —— PianoClassical 1
Lost Illusions — —— PianoClassical 0
Lullaby — —— PianoClassical 0
May Breezes — —— —— 0
Restlessness — —— PianoClassical 0
Song of the Pilgrim — —— PianoClassical 0
Spinning Song — —— —— 0
The Poet's Harp — —— Piano— 0
The Return — —— Piano— 0
The Wanderer — —— Piano— 0
Folksong, Op. 53, No. 5 — Op. 53, No. 5— PianoClassical 1
Scherzo, Op. 16, No. 2 — Op. 16, No. 2— —— 2
Scherzo in E Minor, Op.16, No. 2 — Op.16, No. 2E minor —— 2
A Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Duetndante and Allegro assai vivace op. 92 (First Edition) — op. 92— Piano— 0
Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Appendix: Song without Words op. 30,4 (version of the english First Edition) — op. 30— Piano, harpsichordClassical 0
Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Appendix: Song without Words (version of later autograph) op. 102,2 — op. 102— Piano, harpsichordClassical 0
Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Sonata for Piano and Violoncello B flat major op. 45 — op. 45— Piano— 0
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21, Movement 5 — Op. 21— —— 0
Fingal's Cave Overture (Themes) — —— —— 0
Havah Nagilah — —— PianoClassical 0
The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) — —— —— 0
Midsummer Night's Dream Overture and Incidental Music — —— —— 0
Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream) — —— —— 0
On Wings Of Song Op.34 No.2 — Op.34 No.2— —— 8
Fruhlingslied (Spring Song), No. 30 Lieder ohne Worte — —— —— 0
O For The Wings Of A Dove — —— —— 0
Klavierstuck B-Dur (1860) — —— Piano— 0
Fantaisie sur une chanson irlandaise ("The Last Rose of Summer") E-Dur op. 15 (1827) — op. 15— Piano— 0
Albumblatt (Lied ohne Worte) e-Moll op. 117 (?1837) — op. 117— —— 0
Song without Words Op.62 No.6 (Spring Song) — Op.62 No.6— —— 0
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture Themes — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 4 ("Italian"), First Movement Excerpt — —— —— 0

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.