Mendelssohn's Life and Style Flashcards
Date of Birth and Death
1809 - 1847
Location of Birth and Death
Hamburg, Germany; Leipzig, Germany
Born into ____ family of ___ ___
Jewish, Wealthy Musicians
Grandfather Moses was a ___, father Abraham was a ___
Rabbi/Philosopher, Merchant Banker
One of ___ children, with sister ___
Four, Fanny
Pressured to ___ and add surname ___
Convert to Christianity, Bartholdy
Had piano lessons with ___ at age 7 and theory lessons with ___ at age 10
Marie Bigot, Carl Friedrich Zelter
Frequently travelled Europe meeting __ at 12 and ___ and ___ at 16
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Franz Liszt, Luigi Cherubini
Composed ___ and ___ while stile in teens
Octet for Strings and Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
18__: Studied ___ and ___ at University of ___
1827, Law and Aesthetics, Berlin
18__: Organized historic revival of ___’s ___ - the 1st performance since their death
1829, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
Traveled to ___, ___, and ___ often, taking compositional inspiration from the region’s landscapes, songs, and dances
British Isles, Austria, Italy
18__: Appointed director of music in ___ for 3 years
1833, Dusseldorf
18__: Became conductor of ___ ___ orchestra for 11 years
1835, Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra
18__: Appointed Royal ___ in ___ but still split time between this job and Leipzig
1841, Kapellmeister in Berlin
Great demand as a ___ featuring both ___ and ___ works with numerous guest appearances
Conductor, Historic and Contemporary
1842: Invited to ___ ___ where ___ ___ admired his music and performed his songs
Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria
18__: Founded the ___ ___, regarded as the finest school of its kind
1842, Leipzig Conservatory
18__: Sudden death of ___ was extremely traumatic
1847, Fanny (Hensel)
18__: died on November 4th from __
1847, a series of strokes
“___ and ___-___ life led to ___ and ___-___ music”
Pleasant and Drama-free
Used Classical elements such as Bach’s ___ and ___, Handel’s and Haydn’s ___ from his ___, and Mozart’s ___ and ___
Organ writing, Counterpoint, Choral Technique, Oratorio, Balanced Symmetrical phrases, Clarity of Texture
Used Romantic elements such as Beethoven’s use of ___ ___, and wrote ___ alongside sonata form, and wrote some ___ music
Joining movements, Short Character Pieces, Programmatic
Dubbed the “___” By Robert Schumann
“Mozart of the 19th Century”
