Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Author: John Michael Cooper

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2011-05-03

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1135965609

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Research and Information Guide is a valuable tool for any scholar, performer, or music student interested in accessing the most pertinent resources on the life, works, and cultural context of the composer. It is an updated, annotated bibliography of resources on the biographical, musical, and religious aspects of Mendelssohn's life.

Felix Mendelssohn, a Life in Letters
Felix Mendelssohn, a Life in Letters

Author: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Publisher: Froom International Pub

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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Selected letters by the nineteenth century German composer to his family, friends, and colleagues help document the developing concerns of his life.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Author: John Michael Cooper

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780815315131

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This book offers an annotated reference guide to the life and works of this important German composer. It opens with a historical overview of Mendelssohn's reception by contemporary and posthumous audiences and scholars, tracing the interactions between his reception and political and cultural events. It contains a complete annotated bibliography of the literature about Mendelssohn, including biographies, reviews, scholarly articles and interpretations, and reference material. It also offers important information on the Mendelssohn family, including Fanny Hensel, Felix's sister who was also a composer and musician. Cooper's work is the most up-to-date and thorough resource for students of Mendelssohn and his times.

Mendelssohn and His World
Mendelssohn and His World

Author: R. Larry Todd

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 737

ISBN-13: 0195179889

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In the first major Mendelssohn biography to appear in decades, R. Larry Todd offers a remarkably fresh account of this musical giant, based upon painstaking research in autograph manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, and paintings. Todd reexamines the composer's entire oeuvre, including many unpublished and little known works, and explores how the composer's personal life affected his work. Mendelssohn: A Life offers a masterful blend of biography and musical analysis. Readers will discover many new facets of the familiar but misunderstood composer and gain new perspectives on one of the most formidable musical geniuses of all time.