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 84 of 119
Six Pieces for Children, Op. 72
Seven Characteristic Pieces 01: Sanft und mit Empfindung
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, "Scottish", Op. 56, Movement 4
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, "Scottish", Op. 56, Movement 3
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, "Scottish", Op. 56, Movement 2
Seven Characteristic Pieces 04: Schnell und beweglich
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, "Scottish", Op. 56, Movement 1
Seven Characteristic Pieces 05: Ernst und mit steigender Lebhaftigkeit
Fantasy on "The Last Rose of Summer", Op. 15
Seven Characteristic Pieces 07: Leicht und luftig
Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 119
Six Songs, Op. 86, No. 2: "Morning Song"
Wedding March, The
Prelude No. 6 in B-Flat Major
Andante cantabile in B-Flat Major, No. 1, from "Two Piano Pieces"
Songs Without Words, bk. 3, op. 38, no. 6
Six Songs, Op. 19a, No. 5: "Greeting"
Six Lieder, Op. 57, No. 2: "Herdsman's Song"
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Fugue No. 1 in E Minor/Major
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Fugue No. 4 in A-flat Major
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Fugue No. 3 in B Minor
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Fugue No. 5 in F Minor
Six Songs, Op. 34, No. 6: "A Dream"
Three Lieder, Op. 84, No. 3: "A Hunter's Song"
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Fugue No. 6 in B-flat Major
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 - Prelude No. 2 in D Major
Two Songs, No. 1: "A Bird is Softly Calling"
Seven Characteristic Pieces , Op. 7 - 2. Mit heftiger Bewegung
Capriccio in F-sharp Minor, Op. 5
Six Songs, Op. 34, No. 1: "An Old Love-Song"
Three Lieder, Op. 84, No. 2: "Autumn Song"
Six Songs, Op. 34, No. 5: "Alone"
Twelve Lieder, Op. 9, No. 2: "An Avowal"
Twelve Songs, Op. 8, No. 8: "Another May Song"
Two Sacred Songs, Op. 112, No. 1: "But the Lord Will Gather All Them"
Six Songs, Op. 47, No. 2: "Morning Song"
Six Lieder, Op. 57, No. 1: "Old German Song"
Caprice No. 2 in E Major, Op. 33, No. 2
Caprice No. 3 in B-flat Minor, Op. 33, No. 3
Fugue no. 2 in D major
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Prelude no. 3 in B minor
Prelude no. 4 in A-flat major
Prelude No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 104a, No. 1
Capriccio in E Major/Minor, Op. 118
Prelude no. 5 in F minor
Caprice in A Minor, Op. 33, No. 1
Piano Sonata in G minor, op. 105: Movement 1
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