Romanticism · Germany and Austria
1809 – 1847
Hamburg - Leipzig
Review
The grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, grew up in a cultured family in Berlin and was a prodigy comparable to Mozart: at 16 he wrote his Octet and with 17 the oberture of The Dream of a Summer Night. In 1829 he directed the Passion according to Matthew, returning Bach to the great audience.
Since 1835 he led the orchestra of the Gewandhaus de Leipzig and in 1843 he founded the first conservatory in Germany. His travels through Scotland and Italy inspired some of his most beloved works. He died at 38, a few months after his sister Fanny.
Main works
- String Octet op. 20 (1825)
- Obertura The dream of a summer night op. 21 (1826)
- Obertura Las Hébridas op. 26 (1830)
- Symphony # 4 «Italian» op. 90 (1833)
- No words for piano
- Symphony No. 3 «Scottish» op. 56 (1842)
- Concert for violin in my minor op. 64 (1844)
- Oratory Elias op. 70 (1846)
