including the pervasive presence of Bach's music within the larger Mendelssohn family, the influence of Beethoven in the Reformation Symphony, and Mendelssohn's compositions for organ and his ...

Mendelssohn (1809-1847), a German composer, wrote an original piece of music for a chamber orchestra when he was just 12 years old, and he wrote his first symphony designed for a full orchestra to ...

John Michael Cooper is professor of music at Southwestern University and author of 'Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony' (Oxford University Press). Stimulating and informative . . . generously ...

Mendelssohn is one of the 'Sunshine Composers' who, like Rossini and Saint-Saëns, wrote effortless, life-enhancing, optimistic music. 'Felix' is the Latin for 'happy' an auspicious choice for it ...