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- Birth nameFelix Mendelssohn
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 - 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. The melody for the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is also his. Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words are his most famous solo piano compositions.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseCécile Charlotte Sophie Jeanrenaud(March 28, 1837 - November 4, 1847) (his death, 5 children)
- Composer. Grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786). Father of historian Karl Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1838-1897) and chemist Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1841-1880).
- Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind erected a plaque in Mendelssohn's memory at his birthplace, and established the Mendelssohn Scholarship Foundation, which makes an award to a British composer every two years. Biographers still debate the true nature of their relationship.
- Younger brother of composer Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who had to have some of her compositions published under his name simply because she was a woman in the early 19th century.
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