Romanticism · Germany and Austria
1805 – 1847
Hamburg - Berlin
Review
Felix's older sister and exceptional pianist, received the same training as him, but his family disadvised him of a public career as a woman. Some of his songs were published under his brother's name.
Married to the painter Wilhelm Hensel, he organized in Berlin the Sunday concerts of the family house, one of the city's musical hotspots. He left more than 450 works and began publishing them under his name in 1846, a year before his sudden death.
Main works
- Easter Sonata for piano (1828)
- String Quartet in my major bemol (1834)
- Das Jahr piano cycle (The year) (1841)
- Lieder op. 1 (1846)
- Trio with piano in re minor op. 11 (1847)
