There are two artists with this name: (1) a German composer, (2) a British … Read Full Bio ↴There are two artists with this name: (1) a German composer, (2) a British singer and band leader.
(1) Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the early Romantic period.
Mendelssohn was born on 3rd February 1809 in Hamburg, Germany into a notable Jewish family (his grandfather was the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn). He was a child prodigy, though his family were careful not to allow this to distort his upbringing, and only approved of his following a musical career when it was clear that he was serious about music.
Early success in Germany was followed by travel throughout Europe; Mendelssohn was particularly well received in Britain 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. His essentially conservative musical tastes however set him apart from many of his more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, and Hector Berlioz. The Conservatory he founded at Leipzig became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook.
Mendelssohn’s work includes symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano works, and chamber music. He also had an important role in the revival of interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, his creative originality has again been recognised, and re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era. He died on 4th November 1847 in Leipzig.
(2) The other Felix Mendelssohn was a popular British crooner of the 1930s and 1940s. He became fascinated with Hawaiian music and became best known performing as Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders. See the Wikipedia article about this band and their Last.fm artist profile.
(1) Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the early Romantic period.
Mendelssohn was born on 3rd February 1809 in Hamburg, Germany into a notable Jewish family (his grandfather was the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn). He was a child prodigy, though his family were careful not to allow this to distort his upbringing, and only approved of his following a musical career when it was clear that he was serious about music.
Early success in Germany was followed by travel throughout Europe; Mendelssohn was particularly well received in Britain 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. His essentially conservative musical tastes however set him apart from many of his more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, and Hector Berlioz. The Conservatory he founded at Leipzig became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook.
Mendelssohn’s work includes symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano works, and chamber music. He also had an important role in the revival of interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, his creative originality has again been recognised, and re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era. He died on 4th November 1847 in Leipzig.
(2) The other Felix Mendelssohn was a popular British crooner of the 1930s and 1940s. He became fascinated with Hawaiian music and became best known performing as Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders. See the Wikipedia article about this band and their Last.fm artist profile.
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klaus ehrhardt
Desataram-se as amarras que me prendiam ao mundo
Com o qual tanto de meu tempo pus a perder.
E por tanto tempo de mim nada mais percebendo,
Bem pode acreditar que morto esteja eu.
Que importância tem isto pra mim,
Que em julgando o mundo, por morto me der.
Contra isso nada há que possa dizer,
Já que para ele, realmente morri eu.
Morto sim – para o seu tumulto,
Repousando agora em pago tranquilo.
Sozinho em meu céu vivo,
De amor meu, música minha!
Tradução livre a partir do alemão.
Baila Hie
@Steven Gregory This is like saying that all "Chinese look a like"... They don't... (As a matter of fact, my Chinese colleague said that all Europeans look alike, she couldn't tell them apart...:-) )
It is often due to the lack of the capability to differentiate in the listener. These Mendelssohn songs have a uniquely distinctive sound and energy... I would recognise them among a million "similar" songs... The same holds for any other well-known composer of piano music, and I know a lot... Often I only have to hear the first few notes to know what piece it is and by what composer, and often I can also identify by which composer it is even if did not yet know the piece... The instrument is the same, yet the energy "unique".
With respect to originality - the remarks below about recycling older material, is a more nuanced one. This is for the connaisseur, and I do agree up to a certain point. The twist they give to the music is still often highly distinctive. E.g. Liszt - for me also highly distinctive in sound and energy. You feel the man behind the notes, his character, his energy. There is (so much) more to a piece of music than the given chord progressions in which a composer leaves his distinctive mark.
And indeed, in that respect - pop music is the genre that produces, in my opinion, the highest degree of songs that sound the same. Same progressions, same rhythms, similar melodies - yet even here most pieces are unique, the colour of the voices, the choice of synthesizer tunes etc.
Retner
Сборник пьес "Песни без слов"
Тетрадь 1, Op. 19b (1829-1830)
[01] 00:00:00 No. 1 E-dur
[02] 00:04:38 No. 2 a-moll
[03] 00:06:50 No. 3 A-dur
[04] 00:09:16 No. 4 A-dur
[05] 00:11:32 No. 5 fis-moll
[06] 00:14:14 No. 6 g-moll
Тетрадь 2, Op. 30 (1833-1834)
[07] 00:16:49 No. 1 Es-dur
[08] 00:21:32 No. 2 b-moll
[09] 00:23:48 No. 3 E-dur🔥
[10] 00:26:01 No. 4 h-moll
[11] 00:28:56 No. 5 D-dur
[12] 00:31:20 No. 6 fis-moll
Тетрадь 3, Op. 38 (1836-1837)
[13] 00:35:05 No. 1 Es-dur
[14] 00:37:06 No. 2 c-moll
[15] 00:38:51 No. 3 E-dur
[16] 00:41:05 No. 4 A-dur
[17] 00:43:27 No. 5 a-moll
[18] 00:45:54 No. 6 As-dur
Тетрадь 4, Op. 53 (1839-1841)
[19] 00:50:07 No. 1 As-dur
[20] 00:53:46 No. 2 Es-dur
[21] 00:55:53 No. 3 g-moll
[22] 00:58:40 No. 4 F-dur
[23] 01:01:40 No. 5 a-moll
[24] 01:04:40 No. 6 A-dur
Тетрадь 5, Op. 62 (1842-1844)
[25] 01:07:21 No. 1 G-dur
[26] 01:10:24 No. 2 B-dur
[27] 01:12:21 No. 3 e-moll🔥
[28] 01:16:11 No. 4 G-dur
[29] 01:17:37 No. 5 a-moll
[30] 01:20:56 No. 6 A-dur🔥
Тетрадь 6, Op. 67 (1843-1845)
[31] 01:23:14 No. 1 Es-dur
[32] 01:26:17 No. 2 fis-moll🔥
[33] 01:28:36 No. 3 B-dur
[34] 01:31:10 No. 4 C-dur
[35] 01:33:05 No. 5 h-moll
[36] 01:35:06 No. 6 E-dur
Тетрадь 7, Op. 85 (1834-1845)
[37] 01:37:19 No. 1 F-dur
[38] 01:40:10 No. 2 a-moll
[39] 01:41:07 No. 3 Es-dur
[40] 01:43:31 No. 4 D-dur
[41] 01:47:14 No. 5 A-dur
[42] 01:49:15 No. 6 B-dur
Тетрадь 8, Op. 102 (1842-1845)
[43] 01:51:35 No. 1 e-moll
[44] 01:54:32 No. 2 D-dur
[45] 01:56:46 No. 3 C-dur
[46] 01:58:17 No. 4 g-moll
[47] 02:00:30 No. 5 A-dur
[48] 02:01:38 No. 6 C-dur
John Alexiou
Rena was my great aunt and I remember her playing when I was very young. This brings back so many memories for me, thanks.
Enzo
wow
dmswan
That is so wonderful to hear! 🎹🌹🎹. Her interpretations of the Mendelssohn’s Song Without Words are brilliant!
Brenda Drew
John, I researched your aunt on the internet and found a brief write up on Wikipedia! Wondering why people today haven't heard of her and she's been forgotten for the most part at least here in the states when she could be a household name since her playing was brilliant! As a pianist/composer myself I would love to hear her compositions! I joined an international organization of women composers years ago and we never get to hear their music. My music a light folk opera was performed locally and I want to get it out again,since it's been almost 30 years since it was performed! Very hard to get one's music out and heard esp women composers. There has been such a systemic bias against that ever since the 19th century and before! Old bad habits die hard, really sad...pathetic! We don't even have enough woman conductors and it's too bad we genderize everything! Dvorak even said a real sexist comment about women not being able to compose and they said in the 19th century that there was "masculine music" and "Feminine music"! Ridiculous...music is music! They accept women "Songwriters" not composers of serious music like classical! Their loss! As well as for the rest of us! smdh
Francesco Consolino
my grandma use to play piano every sunday after lunch try'n to calm down me and my cousin... she was a great musician. but to much shi to get on a stage... lot of memories for me too...
Harold Brown
Wonderful memories.
Gerry R
This is such marvelous music and to have it all together and so well annotated makes it even more special. The effort that you put into that task is greatly appreciated, at least by me.
Priscilla Wilson
@Matteo Longarini Let's not be judgmental. Everybody makes mistakes. lol
TiticatFollies
Thank you for this treasure.
1 yr later: Having now listened to a number of versions, I believe this is the most beautiful and heartwarming.
Frankie DeRousse
Very correct excellent relaxing enjoyable , and I am going to get it on my phone