Mendelssohn : a life in music
"Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a distinguished composer and conductor, a legendary pianist and organist, and an accomplished painter and classicist. Lionized in his lifetime, he is best remembered today for several staples of the concert hall, and such popular music as "The Wedding March" and "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.""
Biographies
xxix, 683 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780195110432, 0195110439
123124270
GENEOLOGICAL TREE OF ITZIG AND MENDELSSOHN FAMILIES XV; MAP: PRINCIPAL SITES OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY'S TRAVELS XVIII; PREFACE XIX; PROLOGUE: PORCELAIN MONKEYS AND FAMILY IDENTITIES; PART I: PRECOCIOUS DEEDS; 1. In Nebel und Nacht:Hamburg to Berlin (1809-1819); 2. Apprenticed Prodigy (1820-1821); 3. The Second Mozart (1821-1822); 4. The Apprentice to Journeyman (1823-1824); 5. The Prodigy's Voice (1825-1826); 6. In the Public Eye (1827-1829); PART II: THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS; 7. Amateur Gentleman (1829); 8. Wanderlust (1830-1832); 9. Dusseldorf Beginnings (1832-1835); 10. The Apostle's Voice (1835-1837); PART III: ELIJAH'S CHARIOT; 11. Musical Biedermeier (1837-1839); 12. Leipzig vs. Berlin (1840-1841); 13. From Kapellmeister to Generalmusikdirektor (1841-1842); 14. Portrait of a Prussian Musician (1842-1843); 15. The Noon of Fame: Years of Triumph (1844-1846); 16. The Prophet's Voice: Elijah's Chariot (1846-1847)