Felix Mendelssohn
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Hamburg, Germany (1809 – 1847)
Mendelssohn was born on 3rd February 1809 in Hamburg, Germany into a notable Jewish family (his grandfather was the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn). He was a child prodigy, though his family were careful not to allow this to distort his upbringing, and only approved of his following a musical career when it was clear that he was serious about music.
Early success in Germany was followed by travel throughout Europe; Mendelssohn was particularly well received in Britain as a composer, conductor and soloist, and his ten visits there (during which many of his major works were premiered) form an important part of his adult career. His essentially conservative musical tastes however set him apart from many of his more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, and Hector Berlioz. The Conservatory he founded at Leipzig became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook.
Mendelssohn’s work includes symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano works, and chamber music. He also had an important role in the revival of interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, his creative originality has again been recognised, and re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era.
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Klemperer Rarities: Amsterdam, Vol. 1 (1947-1951)
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Mendelsohn Violin Concerto E m
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MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Capriccio Brillant / Rondo Brillant
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vrabasseda
You are not. Wooshmeister. I agree. Mendelssohn looked backwards not towards Haydn but towards J.S. Bach.
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Grosseteste
"Similar Artists is wholly generated by what listeners also listen to. Look at some of the lesser-known artists and you'll see this illustrated perfectly. On many pages where I'm the main listener, for example, the "Similar Artists" are other people to whom I listen, with absolutely no other connection to each other.
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surajsharma
Now i understand why Sherlock Holmes was a fan!
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MonarchKingdom
I guess many people who listen to Mendelssohn listen to Haydn as well, hence the "similarity". They might also get similar tags (with both getting tags like "composer", "symphony", "classical"). I guess similar artists pages are created by some software, and it's not totally intelligent. Most of the guesses are pretty much all right, though.
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gateofnanna
Just realized I adressed the comment to the wrong user, oh well
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gateofnanna
wangle, I guess that sort of depends on how you look at the eras. There are some that insist that classical and romantic are really just one era. I get your point but I guess it makes sense if you look at it from the standpoint of influence. I'm just playing devil's advocate though; Haydn definitely seems out of place there.
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manisimmati
I don't want to exaggerate, but the Andante Maestoso of Die Erste Walpurgisnacht is the most awesome entity existing in this universe – or any other, for all I care.
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DaniMaverick
La perfecta melodía de la unión matrimonial
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wangle-mcdangle
Cats like Felix, like Mendelssohn.
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Wooshmeister
Am I the only one who doesn't quite understand why Haydn is a similar artist? All the other similar artists make enough sense to me, but Haydn sounds nothing like Mendelssohn...Their music isn't even in the same damn era. One's Classical and one's Romantic...
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EmpressEricka
THE VENETIAN GONDOLA
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ulyssestone
Complete works of Mendelssohn in one 55-hour Spotify playlist: http://www.spotifyclassical.com/2012/03/felix-mendelssohn-complete-works-on.html
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OmmKalthoumFan
Violin Concerto in E Minor , Fucking Perfect!
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hindinburg
Uncompromisable.
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MusicHallofFame
The Music Hall of Fame are delighted to induct Felix Mendelssohn into the Class of 1952. Congratulations. Please join our group too see the latest inductees into the Music Hall of Fame http://www.last.fm/group/Music+Hall+of+Fame
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VK1990
Andante
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Xylvanya
If you like ambitious and relaxing music, maybe it´s possible you like XYLVANYA: „Anxious“; „Beach II“ „SA RIERA part I“, "Imperial Crown" „Climbing“ or „Ex-Mannequin“ or „Horizont (III) or "Gewitter-Regen" or "Erinnerungen an meinen Vater" or "Trust (Piano-Version)" or "Norwegen" or "Retrospective view" and many many more.....(all in all 6 hours of music, all songs free download) . Thank you for listening, support or feedback! Peace, Xylvanya
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Forteski
Erudite music group: http://www.last.fm/group/Erudite+Music
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l4tency
The String Symphonies are pretty amazing, composed between the ages of 12-14. Listen to the Kurt Masur cycle, esp. No. 8: http://grooveshark.com/#/album/Mendelssohn+F+String+Symphony+No+8+original+Version+And+Version+With+Winds+leipzig+Gewandhaus+Orchestra+Masur+/6295585
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Synesthesis
fantasy op. 32 - first and third movement, excellent !
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