After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his creative originality is now being recognized and re-evaluated. He also had an important role in the revival of interest in the music of J. Mendelssohn's work includes symphonies, concerti, oratorios, piano and chamber music. The Conservatoire he founded at Leipzig became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook.
His essentially conservative musical tastes however set him apart from many of his more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz. Indeed his father was disinclined to allow Felix to follow a musical career until it bec ame clear that he intended to seriously dedicate himself to it.Įarly success in Germany was followed by travel throughout Europe Mendelssohn was particularly well received in England as a composer, conductor and soloist, and his ten visits there, during which many of his major works were premiered, form an important part of his adult career.
He was recognized early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his abilities. The grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, he was born to a notable Jewish family which later converted to Christianity. They provide valuable practice for small ensembles to work with soloists and an ideal vehicle for student conductors to work with major solo repertoire.Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn (Febru? November 4, 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Arranged for soloist and chamber ensemble, typically consisting of a quintet of wind players and a string quintet, these new arrangements provide soloists with an opportunity to rehearse and perform major repertoire under conditions closely resembling a full orchestral setting. for String Quintet & Wind Quintet)Īrtaria Editions is very pleased to introduce a new concept to the study and performance of standard repertoire concertos. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1892) Product Code:
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