Felix Mendelssohn's Accomplishments
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Felix Mendelssohn
Music has been one of the most important type of art today. Since time immemorial, composers, singers, artists, and so on have been held in very high regard in the society. There are some of the most famous entertainers we know, Michael Jackson is said to be the top. Nonetheless, there was music before electronics came, and thus were famous composers of the 18th century. This paper will be discussing most of the important information about Felix Mendelssohn, his life, pretty much about every bit of it, which will include his works and family.
Born on 3rd February, 1809, in Hamburg which was by then an independent city-state, Felix Mendelssohn is considered among the best composers in the world has …show more content…
It is this Octet and his Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, that he would later write just a few years later that are said to be the greatest in his career. Later in 1842 he wrote the incidental music play that included Wedding March. These too became famous works. Mendelssohn was a dedicated composer and to achieve this he knew that it was important to learn and do so seriously. In 1824, he had Ignaz Moscheles as his tutor but he later, in his diary, confessed that in reality, there was not that much that he could have to teach Mendelssohn. Reason, the student was already too good. While Mendelssohn is considered a performer, the truth is he only did that once while performing the famous opera Die Hochzeit des Camacho in 1827 (Krettenauer 23). Due to his failure of this piece of work, Mendelssohn was completely disengaged from it never to try it again anytime in his future. Like the famous people of the renaissance era, Mendelssohn was a talented artist, was good in both languages and literature, and lastly, was a very good philosopher. He was interested in classical literature. He did a translation for his tutor, Heyse work done by Terence, Andria. This impressed Heyse and he had it published. Other than his mother, as young boy, Mendelssohn was significantly influenced by the music by Moxart, Bach, and Beethoven. Impact these people had in his musical career can be seen in his 12 strings early symphonies. His work was mainly for family used and only turned “commercial” long after he was
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Felix Mendelssohn
Music has been one of the most important type of art today. Since time immemorial, composers, singers, artists, and so on have been held in very high regard in the society. There are some of the most famous entertainers we know, Michael Jackson is said to be the top. Nonetheless, there was music before electronics came, and thus were famous composers of the 18th century. This paper will be discussing most of the important information about Felix Mendelssohn, his life, pretty much about every bit of it, which will include his works and family.
Born on 3rd February, 1809, in Hamburg which was by then an independent city-state, Felix Mendelssohn is considered among the best composers in the world has …show more content…
It is this Octet and his Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, that he would later write just a few years later that are said to be the greatest in his career. Later in 1842 he wrote the incidental music play that included Wedding March. These too became famous works. Mendelssohn was a dedicated composer and to achieve this he knew that it was important to learn and do so seriously. In 1824, he had Ignaz Moscheles as his tutor but he later, in his diary, confessed that in reality, there was not that much that he could have to teach Mendelssohn. Reason, the student was already too good. While Mendelssohn is considered a performer, the truth is he only did that once while performing the famous opera Die Hochzeit des Camacho in 1827 (Krettenauer 23). Due to his failure of this piece of work, Mendelssohn was completely disengaged from it never to try it again anytime in his future. Like the famous people of the renaissance era, Mendelssohn was a talented artist, was good in both languages and literature, and lastly, was a very good philosopher. He was interested in classical literature. He did a translation for his tutor, Heyse work done by Terence, Andria. This impressed Heyse and he had it published. Other than his mother, as young boy, Mendelssohn was significantly influenced by the music by Moxart, Bach, and Beethoven. Impact these people had in his musical career can be seen in his 12 strings early symphonies. His work was mainly for family used and only turned “commercial” long after he was