The Early Works of Felix Mendelssohn

The Early Works of Felix Mendelssohn
Author: Gregory John Vitercik
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1992
Genre: Sonata form
ISBN: 9782881245367

The notion of closure pervades mathematics, especially in the fields of topology and projective geometry. Demonstrating this pervasiveness in the field, this graduate-level book provides a complete introduction to closure systems. With an emphasis on finite spaces and algebraic closures, the text covers graph theory, ordered sets, lattices, projective geometry, and formal logic as they apply to the study of closures. Each chapter presents a vignette to illustrate the topic covered. The author also includes numerous exercises as well as concrete examples to support the material discussed.

Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn
Author: R. Larry Todd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 748
Release: 2003-10-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780195110432

An extraordinary prodigy of Mozartean abilities, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a distinguished composer and conductor. Now, in the first major Mendelssohn biography to appear in decades, Todd offers a remarkably fresh account of this musical giant.

Mendelssohn and His World

Mendelssohn and His World
Author: R. Larry Todd
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2012-01-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1400831628

During the 1830s and 1840s the remarkably versatile composer-pianist-organist-conductor Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy stood at the forefront of German and English musical life. Bringing together previously unpublished essays by historians and musicologists, reflections on Mendelssohn written by his contemporaries, the composer's own letters, and early critical reviews of his music, this volume explores various facets of Mendelssohn's music, his social and intellectual circles, and his career. The essays in Part I cover the nature of a Jewish identity in Mendelssohn's music (Leon Botstein); his relationship to the Berlin Singakademie (William A. Little); the role of his sister Fanny Hensel, herself a child prodigy and accomplished composer (Nancy Reich); Mendelssohn's compositional craft in the Italian Symphony and selected concert overtures (Claudio Spies); his oratorio Elijah (Martin Staehelin); his incidental music to Sophocles' Antigone (Michael P. Steinberg); his anthem "Why, O Lord, delay forever?" (David Brodbeck); and an unfinished piano sonata (R. Larry Todd). Part II presents little-known memoirs by such contemporaries as J. C. Lobe, A. B. Marx, Julius Schubring, C. E. Horsley, Max Mller, and Betty Pistor. Mendelssohn's letters are represented in Part III by his correspondence with Wilhelm von Boguslawski and Aloys Fuchs, here translated for the first time. Part IV contains late nineteenth-century critical reviews by Heinrich Heine, Franz Brendel, Friedrich Niecks, Otto Jahn, and Hans von Blow.

Fanny Hensel

Fanny Hensel
Author: R. Larry Todd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2009-11-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0199884528

Granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was an extraordinary musician who left well over four hundred compositions, most of which fell into oblivion until their rediscovery late in the twentieth century. In Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn, R. Larry Todd offers a compelling, authoritative account of Hensel's life and music, and her struggle to emerge as a publicly recognized composer.

Mendelssohn, the Organ, and the Music of the Past

Mendelssohn, the Organ, and the Music of the Past
Author: Jürgen Thym
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2014
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1580464742

Examines Mendelssohn's relationship to the past, shedding light on the construction of historical legacies that, in some cases, served to assert German cultural supremacy only two decades after the composer's death.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Author: John Michael Cooper
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1135965609

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.

The Life of Mendelssohn

The Life of Mendelssohn
Author: Peter Mercer-Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2000-09-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521639729

This biography traces Mendelssohn's development from dazzling child prodigy to renowned composer and conductor.

Mendelssohn in Performance

Mendelssohn in Performance
Author: Siegwart Reichwald
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2008-09-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253002613

Exploring many aspects of Felix Mendelssohn's multi-faceted career as musician and how it intersects with his work as composer, contributors discuss practical issues of music making such as performance space, instruments, tempo markings, dynamics, phrasings, articulations, fingerings, and instrument techniques. They present the conceptual and ideological underpinnings of Mendelssohn's approach to performance, interpretation, and composing through the contextualization of specific performance events and through the theoretic actualization of performances of specific works. Contributors rely on manuscripts, marked or edited scores, and performance parts to convey a deeper understanding of musical expression in 19th-century Germany. This study of Mendelssohn's work as conductor, pianist, organist, violist, accompanist, music director, and editor of old and new music offers valuable perspectives on 19th-century performance practice issues.

The Mendelssohns

The Mendelssohns
Author: John Michael Cooper
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780198167235

Since about 1970 there has been a veritable renaissance in scholarship and performances concerning the works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel. The essays in this book, presenting the findings of three generations of members of the international community of Mendelssohn/Hensel scholars, constitute a compendium of cutting-edge research relating to these two important representatives of nineteenth-century musical culture.