Mendelssohn

Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespearean fairy romantic comedy

• ElijahOld Testament prophet
• HebridesScottish island chain
• St. PaulMinnesota state capital

octet · piano trios · string quartets

symphony

Extended composition for orchestra

• oratorioUnstaged sacred choral work
• overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
• concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition

Leipzig · conductor · prodigy · German · sonata · chamber music · opus · score · virtuoso · keyboard

Felix

Male name meaning lucky

• FannyFemale given name
• HamburgGerman city-state, major port
• BerlinGermany's largest city

prodigy · Jewish · baptism · Abraham · Lea · converted · child genius · Grand Tour · Victoria · Albert

Fanny

Female given name

• MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
• bankingFinancial institution transactions
• dynastySuccessive family rulers

salon · intellectual · Berlin · wealthy · cultured · sister · Abraham · Lea · Rebecca · Paul

Bach

German composer surname

• rediscoveryFinding something previously known
• revivalReturn after decline
• 1829Four-digit date

Baroque · musicology · scholarship · restoration · canonization · historical · manuscript · forgotten · renaissance · champion

• classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
• ComposersBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn
• 1800s FiguresDarwin, Marx, Dickens, Beethoven, Napoleon
• European MusiciansBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms
• German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
• German ComposersBach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Wagner