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𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗬 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘆, born 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘆 on 𝟭𝟴 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟭 in Leipzig and dead on…

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1854–1879), at the age of 18 Youngest child of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 Photograph, 1872 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀, Zwickau 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 was the youngest child of 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 and 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻. He was born…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 at the age of 15 Lithograph by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲, Hanover, 1835 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This lithograph was produced during 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸’s highly successful appearance at the royal court in 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿. The music notebook…

𝗘𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻.

# **Mendelssohn - Piano Concertos - Rudolf Serkin ** Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 Rudolf Serkin (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra,…

𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 — 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗟 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟭 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹 was one of the most admired Wagnerian conductors of the generation immediately after Wagner himself. Born…

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺, born in 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗲 on 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟴, 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟭, and deceased in 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 on 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟱, 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟳, was a 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿. He is considered 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗪Ä𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗥, 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥, 𝗧𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜, 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥, 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 The 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in conducting is not a single straight line, but a constellation of moral, architectural, and sonic philosophies inherited from the…

𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝗝𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗫 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗵 - 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗚 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 - 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻: 𝗜𝘁𝘇𝗵𝗮𝗸 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 - 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗸…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 — 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲) 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘇 was born in 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭 and was baptized as 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀, although throughout his life he would be known by many variations of that name: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻ç𝗼𝗶𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼, and…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟭 𝗜𝗡 𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟲𝟴: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘, 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio recordings in patreon)…

Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born Paul Felix Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy; 18 January 1841, Leipzig – 17 February 1880, Berlin)

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟳) 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟮 - Karajan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpkJxHe8yo4

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 stands as one of the 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆’s most conscious inheritors of the 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 legacy. His admiration for composers such as 𝗝. 𝗦. 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹,…

𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 1. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Felix Mendelssohn was not merely a talented child — he was 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗻. Born in Hamburg in 1809 into a…

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 — 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻, 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 The world surrounding 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 was not merely a social network of composers and performers; it was an 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 (𝗜𝗜𝗜) “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀” (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟮–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟱) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱: 𝗔 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 By 1822, Berlin had become one of the 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, alive with the spirit…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 (𝗜𝗜) “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀” (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟳–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟭) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗭𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 By 1817, when Felix was eight years old, his father decided that the time had…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 (𝗜) “𝗔 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁” (𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟲) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭: 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was born on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟯, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵, in Hamburg, into a family that embodied the…

𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗢𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘: 𝗔 𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗥, 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟭 Felix Mendelssohn first met Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟭, when the boy was only 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲…

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗭𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟮): 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Carl Friedrich Zelter was born on December 11, 1758, in Berlin, at a time…

(Ink and Wash drawing by the German classical composer Felix Mendelssohn for his son, Paul)