Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer, pianist and conductor born in 1809 in Hamburg, Germany. He studied music from an early age under several teachers in Berlin. Some of his most famous musical works include the Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream and his Italian and Scottish symphonies. Mendelssohn was a talented pianist and also played the organ, violin, viola and cello. He died in 1847 in Leipzig, Germany at the age of 38 from a stroke.

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2. Outline• 1) Where is Felix Mendelssohn
from?
• 2) When were Felix
Mendelssohn was born?
• 3) Where did Felix Mendelssohn
study ?
• 4) What instrument did Felix
Mendelssohn play?
• 5) What was Felix Mendelssohn
famous musical work?

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1811 1817 1820 1826
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Born His family Talented “Vacation" at Study at
3rd of migrated in Teachers! Paris. Berlin
February to Berlin 26 Feb Inspired by University.
Mozart and During this
Bach to he created
compose own &
music. performed
17 Apr some best
and most
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4. 1829 1837 1842-43 ,
1845 1847
Graduate He marries Wedding The 4 Nov
from Cécile March Academy Leipzig,
Berlins Jeanrenaud Midsummer of Arts in Germany
University. March 28 Night's Berlin
25 May. Dream” offered a
job, music
director.
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5. When were
Felix
Mendelssohn was
born?
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
-He was name Felix which means the
“happy one”.
*German composer, was born in
Hamburg on the 3rd of February
1809.Felix Mendelssohn was born
into a prominent Jewish family,
although initially he was raised
without religion and was later
baptized as a Lutheran Christian.
*Mendelssohn was the second of four
children; his older sister Fanny also
displayed exceptional and precocious
musical talent.

6. Where is Felix Mendelssohn
from?
Nationality: Germany
German composer,
pianist,organist and conductor of
the early Romantic period. In
consequence of the troubles caused
by the French occupation of
Hamburg, His family migrated in
1811 to Berlin were he grew up.

7. Where did Felix
Mendelssohn study ?
Their first instruction in music from their mother when he was six, piano
lessons, under whose care they progressed so rapidly that their
exceptional talent soon became apparent.
Their next teacher was Madame Bigot, who, during the temporary
residence of the family in Paris in 1816, gave them valuable instruction.
On their return to Berlin they took lessons in thoroughbass and composition
from Carl Friedrich Zelter.
In pianoforte-playing from Ludwig Berger,
In violin-playing from Henning -- the care of their general education being
entrusted to the father of the novelist Paul von Heyse.
Look to Mozart and Bach to study

8. What instrument did Felix
Mendelssohn play?
• Mainly piano but also
played organ , violin, viola
and cello. Was fully
conversant with all
orchestral instruments
though as he composed
many pieces for full
orchestras. When
performing. however, the
pianoforte was his chosen
instrument.
Fanny y Felix Mendelssohn

9. Famous musical work?
• Popular Sheet Music: Wedding March
Midsummer Nights Dream
• He composed many notable pieces during his time in this world. If you
have ever been to a wedding, you have most likely heard his ever-
popular Wedding March during the recessional. He loved to compose
beautiful music. Another famous piece is his A Midsummer Night's
Dream. Two of his symphonies have grown to into very worthy pieces.
These were called his Italian and Scotch symphonies. His greatest solo
piece, without any doubt, is his Violin Concerto in e minor.

10. • Mendelssohn was a fine and enthusiastic artist in pencil
and watercolour, a skill which he used throughout his life for his own
amusement and that of his friends. His enormous correspondence
shows that he could also be a witty writer in German and English –
sometimes accompanied by humorous sketches and cartoons in the
text.
View of Lucerne – watercolour by
Mendelssohn, 1847
Mendelssohn
…

11. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-
Bartholdy
Father: Abraham Mendelssohn (die 1835)
Wife: Cécile Jeanrenaud; they became engaged and were married on
March 28, 1837
Mother: Lea Salomon Mendelssohn (die 1842)
Sister: Fanny (die 1847)

12. Died: November 4,
1847 Leipzig, Germany
[37 years ] by a Stroke
Buried,
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof,
Berlin, Germany

13. bibliography
- NNDB. "Felix Mendelssohn." Felix Mendelssohn. Tracking the
Entire World, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.nndb.com/people/266/000092987/>.
- The Music Chamber." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, n.d. Web. 19
Nov. 2012.
<http://library.thinkquest.org/27110/noframes/composers/mendelssohn.ht
ml>.