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
- 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
- Official website
- https://www.mendelssohn-stiftung.de/de/
- 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 72 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.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulerunt Dominum Meum | — | — | — | Voice | Classical | 1 |
| Allegro Con Moto From Fantasy Opus 28 | — | Opus 28 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Allegro Vivace Opus 7 No 2 | — | Opus 7 No 2 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Allegro Vivace Opus 7 No 3 | — | Opus 7 No 3 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Andante Opus 7 No 1 | — | Opus 7 No 1 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Andante Opus 7 No 6 | — | Opus 7 No 6 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Barcarole In A Major | — | — | A major | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Capriccio Opus 118 | — | Opus 118 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Capriccio Opus 16 No 1 | — | Opus 16 No 1 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Capriccio Opus 33 No 1 | — | Opus 33 No 1 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Capriccio Opus 5 | — | Opus 5 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Caprice-scherzo Opus 16 No 2 | — | Opus 16 No 2 | — | — | — | 0 |
| Fantasy From Irish Song, Opus 15 | — | Opus 15 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Fugue Opus 35 No 2 | — | Opus 35 No 2 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Fugue Opus 7 No 5 | — | Opus 7 No 5 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Hunter's Song Opus 19 No 3 | — | Opus 19 No 3 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Minuet From Sonata Opus 6 | — | Opus 6 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 102 No 3 | — | Opus 102 No 3 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 102 No 4 | — | Opus 102 No 4 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 102 No 5 | — | Opus 102 No 5 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 30 No 3 | — | Opus 30 No 3 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 30 No 7 | — | Opus 30 No 7 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 38 No 1 | — | Opus 38 No 1 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 53 No 3 | — | Opus 53 No 3 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 53 No 4 | — | Opus 53 No 4 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 62 No 2 | — | Opus 62 No 2 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Opus 62 No 4 | — | Opus 62 No 4 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Prelude And Fugue Opus 35 No 3 | — | Opus 35 No 3 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Prelude And Fugue Opus 35 No 4 | — | Opus 35 No 4 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Prelude Opus 104 No 1 | — | Opus 104 No 1 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Prelude Opus 104 No 3 | — | Opus 104 No 3 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Rodo Capriccioso Opus 14 | — | Opus 14 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Selected Songs Without Words Opus 19 No 2 | — | Opus 19 No 2 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Shcerzo In B Minor | — | — | B minor | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Six Pieces For The Young, Opus 72 | — | Opus 72 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Sonata Opus 105 In G Minor | — | Opus 105 | G minor | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Variations Sereuses Opus 54 | — | Opus 54 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| [Unknown] | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | Classical | 0 |
| Characteristic Piece (With Longing) Op.7 No.6 | — | Op.7 No.6 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Folksong Op.53 No.5 | — | Op.53 No.5 | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| May Breezes Op.62 No.1 | — | Op.62 No.1 | — | — | — | 0 |
| Posthumous | — | — | — | Piano | Classical | 0 |
| Scherzo Op.16 No.2 | — | Op.16 No.2 | — | — | — | 0 |
| Heilig | — | — | — | Tenor, Alto | Classical | 0 |
| Miniatures | — | — | — | violin | Classical | 0 |
| Not Unto Us O Lord | — | — | — | bass, Tenor, Alto | Classical | 0 |
| O Praise The Lord | — | — | — | — | Classical | 0 |
| Prelude And Fugue In C Minor | — | — | C minor | — | — | 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.