Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

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Born: 3 February 1809 — Hamburg — Germany
Died: 4 November 1847 — Leipzig — Germany
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ilida

i like veeeeery much the song: Venetian gondola song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Felix you will be forever in our hearts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[by “Anonymous” on 2009-11-04 14:59:00]
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omg i love his song a midnight summers dream!!!!!

[by “Anonymous” on 2008-11-04 08:36:17]

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Town Hall Birmingham Town Hall, Elijah, Mendelssohn<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>
Town Hall, Elijah, Mendelssohn
Koblenz-Horchheim Mendelssohn monument<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>
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Gewandhaus Leipzig Mendelssohn statue<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>
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Sankt Maximin Koblenz-Horchheim organ Sankt Maximin<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>
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from Jules Verne: Le Rayon Vert
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after J. Clevely, 1772
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Hotel Interlaken
“Casa Mendelssohn” Bad Soden Villa Nassovia<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>
Villa Nassovia
Leipzig house of Mendelssohn<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>
house of Mendelssohn
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Hotel Interlaken
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Organ Dorfkirche Ringgenberg
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Mendelssohn plaque
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Dorfkirche Ringgenberg
Dreifaltigskeitskirchhof I Berlin-Kreuzberg Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn graves<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>
Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn graves

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14 November 1823: Premiere of concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra, in Berlin, Germany.
1 February 1827: Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in c minor, in Leipzig, Germany.
20 February 1827: Premiere of Overture “A Midsummer Night's Dream” op. 21, in Szczecin, Poland.
20 February 1827: Premiere of concert for 2 pianos and orchestra in A flat major, in Szczecin, Poland.
17 October 1831: Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in g minor op. 25, in Munich, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
15 November 1832: Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in d minor op. 107 “Reformationssinfonie”, in Berlin, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
10 January 1833: Premiere of The Hebrides Overture op. 26, in Berlin, Germany.
13 May 1833: Premiere of Symphony no. 4 in A major op. 90 “The Italian”, London, England, with Mendelssohn conducting.
21 September 1837: Premiere of piano concerto no. 2 in d minor op. 40, in Birmingham, England.
21 March 1839: Premiere of Schubert's Symphony no. 8 in C major D 944 “The Great”, in Leipzig, with Mendelssohn conducting.
25 June 1840: Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in B flat major op. 52 “Lobgesang”, in Leipzig, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
31 March 1841: Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in B flat major op. 38 “Frühlingssinfonie”, in Leipzig, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
3 March 1842: Premiere of Symphony in a minor no. 3 op. 56 “Scottish”, in Leipzig, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
13 March 1845: Premiere of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in e minor op. 64, in Leipzig, Germany, with Niels Gade conducting.
26 August 1846: Premiere of Elias op. 70, in Birmingham, England.
5 November 1846: Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in C major op. 61, in Leipzig, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
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