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Title: Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599-644: Faksimile der autographen Partitur. Herausgegeben von Heinz-Harald Lohlein. Unveranderte Neuauflage.
Author: Carl Leafstedt
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 61Issue: 2Page: 526(7)

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Since about 1970 there has been a veritable renaissance in scholarship and performances concerning the works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel. The essays in this book, presenting the findings of three generations of members of the international community of Mendelssohn/Hensel scholars, constitute a compendium of cutting-edge research relating to these two important representatives of nineteenth-century musical culture. ... Read more

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The close relationship between Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and his older sister Fanny is one of the more intriguing sibling relationships of the 19th century. Their childhood was shaped by their exposure to music: they enjoyed piano lessons, instruction in composition from the well-known Zelter, participation in his evening choir performances, as well as Sunday performance sessions in their parent's home.First tensions between the siblings arose during Felix's first major trip to England in 1829, and they were to occur over and over again in years to come. However, they always found themselves again through music. The strong bond between them was evidenced by Felix's complete collapse upon hearing of his sister's death; he himself died only six months later.For the first time, primary sources providing evidence of the relationship between the siblings are made available. German text. ... Read more

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When R. Larry Todd’s biography, Mendelssohn: A Life in Music, appeared in 2003, it won acclaim from several critics as a definitive biography. In researching Mendelssohn’s life over the last two and a half decades, Todd uncovered much new information about the composer and his music, his family and his peers, and his complex reception history. Now, as we approach the 2009 bicentenary of Mendelssohn’s birth, the author has chosen and compiled fifteen essays written between 1980 and 2005, including five previously unpublished, that examine several aspects of the composer whom Goethe and Heine likened to a second Mozart.

Mendelssohn Essays explores Mendelssohn’s precocity, his musical impressions of British culture, the role of the visual in his music, his compositional response to Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, and incomplete drafts from his musical estate of three instrumental works. In addition, a group of three essays focuses on the music of Mendelssohn’s sister Fanny Hensel, perhaps the most gifted woman composer of the century, and a significant, complex figure in the formation of the Mendelssohnian style.