Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period, known for works including the "Wedding March," the Violin Concerto in E minor, and the oratorio *Elijah*.
A child prodigy who revived interest in Bach's music, Mendelssohn helped establish the modern concert repertoire before his early death at thirty-eight.
Extended composition for orchestra
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- oratorioUnstaged sacred choral work
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
chamber music · conductor · score · opus · libretto · cantata · fugue · nocturne
Remarkably talented youngster
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- precocityPremature mental development
- giftedGiven as present
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
brilliance · prodigious · exceptional · youthful · talented · phenomenon · pianist · violinist
Shakespearean fairy romantic comedy
German composer surname
- historical performanceArt recreating past styles
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- musicologyScholarly study of compositions
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
Nineteenth-century German composer
- ChopinPolish Romantic pianist-composer
- LisztHungarian Romantic-era pianist-composer
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
- SchubertViennese song composer
Weber · Berlioz · nineteenth century · Romanticism · emotion · lyricism · expressiveness · sentiment
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- oratorioUnstaged sacred choral work
sonata · chamber music · conductor · score · opus · libretto · cantata · fugue · nocturne · scherzo
wunderkind
Remarkably talented youngster
virtuoso · brilliance · prodigious · exceptional · youthful · talented · phenomenon · pianist · violinist · organist
Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespearean fairy romantic comedy
Bach
German composer surname
- historical performanceArt recreating past styles
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- musicologyScholarly study of compositions
Schumann
Nineteenth-century German composer
- ChopinPolish Romantic pianist-composer
- LisztHungarian Romantic-era pianist-composer
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
Schubert · Weber · Berlioz · nineteenth century · Romanticism · emotion · lyricism · expressiveness · sentiment · poetic
- child prodigiesMozart, Einstein, Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Bobby Fischer
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- German JewsAshkenazi, Holocaust, Kristallnacht, Nuremberg Laws, concentration camps
- Lutheran HymnistsMartin Luther
- Christian MusicMercyMe, worship music, praise music, CCM, contemporary Christian
- Jewish MusiciansLeonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Barbra Streisand, Benny Goodman
Felix MendelssohnLudwig van Beethoven
Ninth Symphony composer
Johann Sebastian Bach · Franz Schubert · Robert Schumann · Maurice Ravel
Felix, Mendelssohn, felicity, felicitous, felicitously, infelicitous, infelicity