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 63 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
Melodram und Chor, "Auch der Danae Reiz"	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Melodram und Schlu	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Drei geistliche Stucke: "Ave Maria, gratia plena" Nr. 2 op. 23 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 23	—	Organ, Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Drei geistliche Stucke: "Mitten wir im Leben sind" Nr. 3 op. 23 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 23	—	Organ, Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Drei Motetten: "Laudate pueri Dominum" Nr. 2 op. 39 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 39	—	Organ, Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Responsorium et Hymnus , "Adspice Domine de sede sanctatua" op. 121 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 121	—	Organ, Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Drei Geistliche Lieder: "Lass, o Herr, mich Hulft finden" Nr. 1 op. 96 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 96	—	Organ, Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Drei Geistliche Lieder: Herr, wir trau'n auf deine Gute" Nr. 3 op. 96 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 96	—	Organ, Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Hymne, "Hor' mein Bitten, Herr, neige dich zu mir" Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Organ, Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Te Deum A-Dur Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Organ, Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Drei Psalmen: "Warum toben die Heiden" Nr. 1 op. 78 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 78	—	Choir	Classical	0
Drei Psalmen: "Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?" Nr. 3 op. 78 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 78	—	Choir	Classical	0
100. Psalm: "Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt" C-Dur Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Drei Motetten: Canticum Simeonis, "Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren" Nr. 1 op. 69 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 69	—	—	—	0
Drei Motetten: "Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt" Nr. 2 A-Dur op. 69 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 69	—	Choir	Classical	0
Sechs Spruche: Weihnachten, "Frohlocket, ihr Volker auf Erden" Nr. 1 op. 79 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 79	—	Choir	Classical	0
Sechs Spruche: Am Himmelfahrtstage, "Erhaben, o Herr, uber alles Lob" Nr. 3 op. 79 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 79	—	Choir	Classical	0
Sechs Spruche: In der Passionszeit, "Herr, gedenke nicht unsrer ?belthaten" Nr. 4 op. 79 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 79	—	Choir	Classical	0
Sechs Spruche: Am Karfreitage, "Um unsrer Sunden willen hat sich Christus erniedriget" Nr. 6 op. 79 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 79	—	Choir	Classical	0
Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Heilig , "Heilig ist Gott der Herr Zebaoth!" Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Zum Abendsegen, "Herr, sei gnadig unserm Fleh'n"	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	1
Ersatz fur Unbestand, "Lieblich mindet der Becher Wein" C-Dur Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Sechs Lieder op. 50 : Der Jager Abschied, "Wer hat dich, du schoner Wald" Nr. 2 Es-Dur op. 50 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 50	—	Choir	Classical	0
Sechs Lieder op. 50 : Liebe und Wein, "Was qualte dir dein armes Herz?" Nr. 5 g-Moll op. 50 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 50	—	Choir	Classical	0
Sechs Lieder op. 50 : Turkisches Schenkenlied, "Setze mir nicht, du Grobian" Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 50 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 50	—	Choir	Classical	0
Sechs Lieder op. 50 : Wasserfahrt, "Am fernen Horizonte" Nr. 4 h-Moll op. 50 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 50	—	Choir	Classical	0
Vier Lieder op. 76 : Das Lied vom braven Mann, "Gaben mir Rath und gute Lehren" Nr. 1 G-Dur op. 76 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 76	—	Choir	Classical	0
Wandersmann op. 75 : Abendstandchen, "Schlafe, Liebchen, weil's auf Erden Nr. 2 B-Dur op. 75 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 75	—	Choir	Classical	0
Wandersmann op. 75 : Trinklied, "So lang' man nuchtern ist" Nr. 3 E-Dur op. 75 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 75	—	Choir	Classical	0
Zwei geistliche Chore op. 115 : Periti autem, "Periti autem fulgebunt" Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 115 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	op. 115	—	Choir	Classical	0
Canzonetta -aus: Streichquartett Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 12-	—	op. 12	—	—	—	1
Wartend Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Piano, Low Voice	Classical	0
Symphony No 3	—	—	—	Oboe, violin	Classical	0
The Hebrides	—	—	—	—	—	0
Canzonetta from Quartet, op.12	—	op.12	—	—	—	1
Vol. 2 - On Wings Of Song	—	—	—	—	—	0
Fingal's Cave	—	—	—	—	—	0
Barcarole	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	0
Jerusalem	—	—	—	—	—	0
EASTER	—	—	—	—	—	0
Venetian Boat Song, Op.19 No.6 Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	Op.19 No.6	—	Piano	—	0
Meditation Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Piano	—	0
Cavatina Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	Piano	—	0
Wedding March Performed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn	—	—	—	—	—	0
Inhalt: Wirf dein Anliegen auf den Herrn	—	—	—	—	—	0
Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Pilgerspruch: Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauern	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	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.