Mendelssohn's People and Works

Question 1

Moses Mendelssohn

Answer 1

His Grandfather; a rabbi and philosopher

Question 2

Abraham Mendelssohn

Answer 2

His Father; a merchant banker

Question 3

Lea Mendelssohn

Answer 3

His Mother who supervised his sibling’s and his own musical education

Question 4

Fanny (Hensel)

Answer 4

His Sister; a talented pianist and composer in her own right

Question 5

Bartholdy

Answer 5

His family’s appointed surname after converting to Christianity

Question 6

Marie Bigot

Answer 6

Piano teacher at age 7

Question 7

Carl Friedrich Zelter

Answer 7

Theory teach at age 10

Question 8

Goethe, Liszt, Cherubini

Answer 8

Met while travelling Europe

Question 9

G.W.F. Hegel

Answer 9

German philosopher he studied law with

Question 10

Cécile Jeanrenaud

Answer 10

Wife whom he married in 1837 and had 5 children with

Question 11

Queen Victoria

Answer 11

A fan of his work after visiting Buckingham Palace

Question 12

Hamburg, Germany

Answer 12

Place of Birth

Question 13

University of Berlin

Answer 13

Where he studied Law and Aesthetics

Question 14

U.K, Austria, Italy

Answer 14

Frequent places of travel and inspiration

Question 15

St. Matthew’s Passion

Answer 15

Marked his revival of Bach with the first performance of it after Bach’s death

Question 16

Dusseldorf

Answer 16

Held director of music position there for 3 years

Question 17

Gewandhaus orchestra

Answer 17

Orchestra he conducted from 1835 to 1846

Question 18

Leipzig

Answer 18

Conducted the Gewandhaus orchestra, and founded the prestigious Leipzig Conversatory there. Also his place of death

Question 19

Berlin

Answer 19

Appointed Royal Kapellmeister in Berlin, but split time between it and Leipzig positions

Question 20

Symphonies:

Answer 20

(5) such as No.3 “Scottish”, No.4 “Italian”, and No.5 “Reformation”

Question 21

Concertos:

Answer 21

(8) with 3 violin, 2 piano, 2 double piano, 1 piano and violin

Question 22

Overtures:

Answer 22

“Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)”

Question 23

Incidental Music:

Answer 23

“Antigone”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Question 24

Chamber:

Answer 24

Duos, String Quartets, Piano Trios, Quartets, String Quintets, Octet

Question 25

Piano:

Answer 25

Rondo capriccioso, Variations sérieuses, Sonatas, P&F’s, Songs without Words

Question 26

Organ:

Answer 26

P&F’s

Question 27

Oratorio:

Answer 27

St. Paul, Elijah

Question 28

Vocal:

Answer 28

Concert Arias, Lieder, Folk song arrangements, duets

Question 29

Ferdinand David

Answer 29

Violinist whom he wrote the violin concerto in e minor for