Felix Mendelssohn

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Felix Mendelssohn

• Born February 3,1809

• Hamburg Germany

• Died November 4,1847

Felix Mendelssohn

• Childhood:At age eleven he showed the influence of Bach and Mozart.

• He started composing at age 11 for a poet named Goethe and he loved his music.

• His parents were wealthy and his Dad went from banking to smuggling so they moved to Berlin.

• He had one sister named Fanny

Interesting facts

• He played Duo with his sister fanny

• He begun composing at the age of 11.

• He wrote Sonatas, concertos, symphonies, and two music dramas while still a child

His kind of music

• He played in the romantic time period.

• When he was sixteen he composed the masterpiece String Octet inspired by Goethe’s poetry.

• Then composed a Midsummer Night’s Dream when he was just 16.

Websites

• www.essentials of music

• www.Britannica.com