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Felix Mendelssohn
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tags: [composer]
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Definition:celebrated German composer [...], born in Hamburg; he began to compose early in life, and his compositions consisted of symphonies, operas, oratorios, and church music; his oratorios of "St. Paul" and "Elijah" are well known, and are enduring monuments of his genius; he was a man universally loved and esteemed, and had the good fortune to live amidst the happiest surroundings (1809-1847).Rev. James Wood. The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907)
portrait: by James Warren Childe (1839)music: public domain in the US
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Hyacinth: Listen to that. Doesn't he play beautifully!
neighbour: Yes, he does.
Hyacinth: Brahms, I think.
neighbour: Mendelssohn, surely.
Hyacinth: Hm? [nervous laugh] Just testing.
[neighbour leaves]
Hyacinth: Know-all.
BBC. Keeping Up Appearances: Driving Mrs. Fortescue (1991)
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we were listening to the portentous chords of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from the ballroom below.
F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby
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“Your pianist does not think small beer of himself.”
“Herr Klesmer is something more than a pianist,” said Miss Arrowpoint, apologetically. “He is a great musician in the fullest sense of the word. He will rank with Schubert and Mendelssohn.”
“Ah, you ladies understand these things,” said Mr. Bult,
George Eliot. Daniel Deronda
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She turned to the piano: a light piece by Sullivan lay open before her, and a number of airs from Chopin, Schubert, and Mendelssohn were scattered loosely on the top one above the other. Grant Allen. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories (1887)
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