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 98 of 119
Abendlied, Op. 8, No. 9
Romanze, Op. 8, No. 10
Im Grunen, Op. 8, No. 11
Frage, Op. 9, No. 1
Gestandniss, Op. 9, No. 2
Wartend (Romance), Op. 9, No. 3
Im Fruhling, Op. 9, No. 4
Im Herbst, Op. 9, No. 5
Scheidend, Op. 9, No. 6
Sehnsucht (Fanny Mendelssohn), Op. 9, No. 7
Fruhlingsglaube, Op. 9, No. 8
Ferne, Op. 9, No. 9
Verlust (Fanny Mendelssohn), Op. 9, No. 10
Entsagung, Op. 9, No. 11
Die Nonne (Fanny Mendelssohn), Op. 9, No. 12
Fruhlingslied, Op. 19, No. 1
Das erste Veilchen, Op. 19, No. 2
Winterlied, Op. 19, No. 3
Neue Liebe, Op. 19, No. 4
Gruss, Op. 19, No. 5
Reiselied, Op. 19, No. 6
Minnelied, Op. 34, No. 1
Auf Flugeln des Gesanges, Op. 34, No. 2
Fruhlingslied, Op. 34, No. 3
Suleika, Op. 34, No. 4
Sonntagslied, Op. 34, No. 5
Reiselied, Op. 34, No. 6
Minnelied, Op. 47, No. 1
Morgengruss, Op. 47, No. 2
Fruhlingslied, Op. 47, No. 3
Volkslied, Op. 47, No. 4
Der Blumenstrauss, Op. 47, No. 5
Bei der Wiege, Op. 47, No. 6
Altdeutches Lied, Op. 57, No. 1
Hirtenlied, Op. 57, No. 2
Suleika, Op. 57, No. 3
O Jugend, o schone Rosenzeit, Op. 57, No. 4
Venetianisches Gondellied, Op. 57, No. 5
Wanderlied, Op. 57, No. 6
Trosting, Op. 71, No. 1
Fruhlingslied, Op. 71, No. 2
An die Entfernte, Op. 71, No. 3
Schilflied, Op. 71, No. 4
Auf der Wanderschaft, Op. 71, No. 5
Nachtlied, Op. 71, No. 6
Herbstlied, Op. 84, No. 2
Es lauschte das Laub so dunkelgrun, Op. 86, No. 1
Morgenlied, Op. 86, No. 2
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