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 63 of 119
Venetian Boat-Song No.1 (Song Without Words) Op.19 No.6
Three Caprices, Op. 33: 1. A Major, 2. E Major, 3. B-flat Minor
Three Fantasies Or Caprices, Op. 16:
Variations On E Flat Major, Op. 82
Album Leaf (Song Without Words) In E Minor Op. 117
Sonata In B Flat Op.106
Sonata In G Minor Op 105
Three Etudes Op. 104 Part 2
Three Preludes Op. 104 Part 1
Two Pieces
Agitation Op.53 No.3
Boat-song Op.102 No.7
Contemplation Op.30 No.1
Delirium Op.85 No.3
Duet Op.38 No.6
Elegy Op.85 No.4
Folk-song Op.53 No.5
Funeral March Op.62 No.3
Homeless Op.102 No.1
Hope Op.38 No.4
Lost Happiness Op.38 No.2
Lost Illusions Op.67 No.2
Lullaby Op.67 No.6
May Breezes, Op.62 No.7
Meditation Op.67 No.1
Morning Song Op.62 No.4
On The Seashore Op.53 No.11
Passion Op.38 No.5
Restlessness Op.19 No.5
Retrospection Op.102 No.2
Reveri, Op.85 No.1
Sadness Of Soul Op.53 No.4
Song Of The Pilgrim Op.67 No.3
Song Of The Traveller Op.85 No.6
The Adieu Op.85 No.2
The Brook Op.30 No.5
The Departure Op.62 No.2
The Evening Star Op.38 No.1
The Fleecy Clouds Op.53 No.2
The Flight, Op.53 No.6
The Joyous Peasant Op.102 No.5
Tempo Di Menuetto
The Return Op.85 No.5
The Shepherd's Complaint Op.67 No.5
The Sighing Wind Op.102 No.4
The Wanderer Op.30 No.4
Unrest Op.30 No.2
The Poet's Harp Op.38 No.3
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