Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (which includes his "Wedding March"), the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. The melody for the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is also his. Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words are his most famous solo piano compositions. Mendelssohn's grandfather was the renowned Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, but Felix was initially raised without religion. He was baptised at the age of seven, becoming a Reformed Christian. He was recognised early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his talent. His sister Fanny Mendelssohn received a similar musical education and was a talented composer and pianist in her own right; some of her early songs were published under her brother's name and her Easter Sonata was for a time mistakenly attributed to him after being lost and rediscovered in the 1970s. Mendelssohn enjoyed early success in Germany, and revived interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, notably with his performance of the St Matthew Passion in 1829. He became well received in his travels throughout Europe as a composer, conductor and soloist; his ten visits to Britain – during which many of his major works were premiered – form an important part of his adult career. His essentially conservative musical tastes set him apart from more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Charles-Valentin Alkan and Hector Berlioz. The Leipzig Conservatory, which he founded, became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his creative originality has been re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era. |
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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 619 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-10488 | 10-in. | 5/23/1911 | Spring song | Frank La Forge | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | C-10872 | 12-in. | 8/9/1911 | Wedding march | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra, with extra violin and cornet | composer | |
Victor | B-10964 | 10-in. | 9/15/1911 | O wert thou in the cauld blast | Marguerite Dunlap ; Elizabeth Wheeler | Female vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-11001 | 12-in. | 9/22/1911 | Hear ye, Israel | Agnes Kimball | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11093 | 10-in. | 10/12/1911 | Spring song | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-11120 | 10-in. | 10/16/1925 | Hark! The herald angels sing | Trinity Choir | Chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11120 | 10-in. | 10/20/1911 | Hark! The herald angels sing | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-11204 | 12-in. | 11/8/1911 | Spring song | Vladimir de Pachmann | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-11529 | 10-in. | 1/30/1912 | Auf Flügeln des Gesanges | Johanna Gadski | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-11695 | 12-in. | 3/12/1912 | Wedding march | Victor Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-11807 | 10-in. | 3/29/1912 | How lovely are the messengers | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-11827 | 12-in. | 4/4/1912 | Hear ye, Israel | Johanna Gadski | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-11840 | 12-in. | 4/9/1912 | Midsummer night's dream selection | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | C-11868 | 12-in. | 4/12/1912 | I waited for the Lord | Alma Gluck ; Louise Homer | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-11928 | 12-in. | 4/25/1912 | Venetian gondola song in F sharp minor (op. 30, no. 6) | Vladimir de Pachmann | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-11999 | 10-in. | 5/9/1912 | Sleep, noble hearts | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12002 | 10-in. | 5/10/1912 | Over hill, over dale | Elsie Baker ; Marguerite Dunlap ; Elizabeth Wheeler | Female vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12003 | 10-in. | 5/10/1912 | Lift thine eyes | Elsie Baker ; Marguerite Dunlap ; Elizabeth Wheeler | Female vocal trio, unaccompanied | composer | |
Victor | B-12038 | 10-in. | 5/21/1912 | On the sea | Victor Brass Quartet | Brass quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-12044 | 10-in. | 5/22/1912 | Farewell to the forest | Victor Brass Quartet | Brass quartet | composer | |
Victor | C-12154 | 12-in. | 7/3/1912 | O come, every one that thirsteth | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet | composer | |
Victor | C-12253 | 12-in. | 6/27/1912 | Wedding march | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12294 | 10-in. | 8/7/1912 | Frühlingslied | Neapolitan Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-12298 | 10-in. | 8/7/1912 | Notturno | Neapolitan Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | C-12568 | 12-in. | 11/5/1912 | Rondo capriccioso | Vessella's Italian Band | Band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix," accessed October 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102614.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102614.
"Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 October 2024.
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