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Mendelssohn: A Life in Music

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by Todd, R. Larry


  Römische Elegien (Roman Elegies) , 83

  Torquato Tasso , 83

  Die Wahlverwandschaften (Elective Affinities) , 83

  West-Eastern Divan (Westöstlicher Divan) , 84, 175, 454

  Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahren (Wilhelm Meister’s Years of Apprenticeship) , 40, 83

  Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahren (Wilhelm Meister’s Years of Travel) , 84

  Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colors) , 83

  Goethe, Johanna Christiana Sophia von née Vulpius (1765–1816; wife of J.W.), 84

  Goethe, Ottilie von née von Pogwisch (1796–1872; wife of August), 47, 84, 86, 227

  Goethe, Walther Wolfgang von (1818–1885; composer, grandson of J.W.), 327

  Goetschius, Percy (1853–1943; American composition teacher), 225

  Goldschmidt, Jenny. See Lind.

  Goldschmidt, Otto (1829–1907; composer, conductor, pianist), 27–28, 500, 508, 510, 620n70

  Gollmick, Karl (1796–1866; composer, music critic), 354, 391, 546, 555

  Gotskowsky, Johann Ernst (1710–1775; merchant, banker), 137

  Gounod, Charles (1818–1893; composer), 191, 403, 452–453

  Grabau, Henriette Eleonore (1805–1852; soprano), 314, 335, 350, 351

  Graf, Conrad (1782–1851; Austrian piano maker), 134

  Grahl, August (1791–1868; miniaturist), 32

  Graun, Carl Heinrich (1703/4–1759; composer), 55, 124, 128, 197, 198, 236

  Graves, Charles (1812–1899; mathematician), 475

  Gregory XVI, Pope (Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, 1765–1846), 239, 402

  Grell, August Eduard (or Eduard August; 1800–1886; organist), 43, 198, 219, 265, 337, 450, 569

  Grenser, Carl Augustin (1794–1864; flutist), 307, 417

  Grenser, Friedrich August (1799–1861; timpanist), 328

  Grey, Charles Grey, Earl (1764–1845; English statesman, Prime Minister), 259

  Grey, Thomas Spencer (musicologist), 261, 374, 432–433

  Griepenkerl, Wolfgang Robert (1810–1868; critic, playwright), 376, 383, 483

  Griesinger, Georg August (1769–1845; biographer), 10

  Grillparzer, Franz (1791–872; playwright, poet), 84, 175, 231, 244

  Grimm brothers, 407

  Grisi, Giulia (1811–1869; soprano), 528

  Groeben, Johann Heinrich von der (fl. 1735–1744; Prussian army officer), 136

  Gros, Baron Antoine-Jean (1771–1835; painter), 74

  Grote, George (1794–1871; historian), 438, 560

  Grote, Harriet (1792–1878; biographer, wife of George), 474

  Grove, Sir George (1820–1900; editor and writer about music), xxiv, 380, 494, 500, 608n103

  Gugel, Heinrich (b. 1770; horn player), 36

  Gugel, Rudolph (b. 1808; horn player, son of Heinrich), 36, 578n125

  Gugenheim, Abraham (great-grandfather), 4

  Gugenheim, Fromet. See Mendelssohn.

  Guhr, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (1787–1848; composer, conductor), 377

  Gutenberg, Johann (1397?-1468; printer), 390, 395–396, 397

  Guzikow, Michal Józef (1806–1837; Polish xy-lophonist), 314, 321

  Gyrowetz, Adalbert (1763–1850; Bohemian composer), 231

  Habeneck, François-Antoine (1781–1849; composer, conductor, violinist), 143, 144, 254, 516

  Härtel, Hermann (1803–1875; Leipzig music publisher), 407, 560

  Härtel, Raymund (1810–1888; Leipzig music publisher), 395, 469, 500

  Halévy, Fromental (1799–1862; composer), 140, 143, 252

  Hallé, Sir Charles (1819–1895; conductor, pianist), 441

  Hamburg, 4, 18, 27, 28–31, 36, 122, 123, 126, 202, 209, 248, 309, 324, 348, 356, 365, 414

  Fire of 1842, 435, 436, 438

  New Israelite Temple, 468

  Hammer, Ernst (Leipzig physician, 1847), 565–566

  Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759; composer), xxvii, 11, 35, 55, 62, 101, 128, 178, 204, 205, 209, 281, 298, 313, 320, 321, 327–328, 337, 364, 383, 390, 410, 429, 528, 538

  Acis and Galatea , 185, 195, 327

  Alexander’s Feast , 42, 185, 285, 287, 327, 516, 560

  Chandos Anthem No. 9 (“O praise the Lord with one consent”), 317

  Deborah , 295

  Dettingen Te Deum , 157, 158 , 295, 305, 397

  Dixit Dominus , 219, 242

  The Harmonious Blacksmith variations, 410, 438

  Israel in Egypt , 256, 267, 273, 275, 281, 286–287, 296, 327–328, 336, 381, 410, 435, 469, 475–476

  Jephtha , 327

  Joshua , 185, 366, 381

  Judas Maccabaeus , 145, 185, 296

  Messiah , xix, 152, 153 , 185, 296, 327, 359, 375, 404, 410, 465, 466, 475, 522, 528, 547, 549, 550 , 552–553

  Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day , 327

  Samson , 185, 296, 327

  Solomon , 236, 265, 304, 358

  Zadok the Priest , 313, 363, 400, 435, 529

  Handley, Delphine née von Schauroth (1814–1887; pianist, composer), 228–230, 231, 234, 248, 249, 250, 289, 291, 402, 411

  Handley, Edwin Hill (1805 or 6–1843; husband of Delphine), 289

  Hanstein, August (d. 1827; friend), 172

  Hardenberg, Friedrich von. See Novalis.

  Hardenberg, Prince Karl August von (1750–1822; Prussian statesman), 31

  Hargreaves Choral Society (Manchester), 545

  Harrer, Gottlob (1703–1755; composer), 82

  Hart, Louis (colleague of Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy), 579n29

  Hartmann, Johann Peter Emilius (1805–1900; Danish composer), 384, 431

  Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), 3

  Haslinger, Tobias (1787–1842; Austrian music publisher), 231, 317

  Hassler, Hans Leo (1564–1612; composer), 232

  Hatzfeld, Countess Sophie von née H.-Trachenberg (1805–1881), 557

  Hatzfeld, Count Edmund von, 557

  Hauptmann, Moritz (1792–1868; composer, theorist), 222, 296, 298, 397, 445, 449, 450, 451, 469, 520, 521, 567

  Hauser, Franz (1794–1870; baritone), 147, 231, 232, 233, 241, 258, 285, 298, 303, 306, 309, 397, 478

  Hawes, Maria (1816–1886; contralto), 525

  Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732–1809; composer), 10, 12, 35, 49, 53, 57, 58, 61, 62, 106, 116, 125, 131, 219, 231, 329, 364, 368, 388, 390, 410, 449, 538, 577n85

  The Creation (Die Schöpfung) , 296, 364, 401, 410, 436, 515, 516, 527, 528

  “Emperor’s Hymn” (Austrian anthem), 437, 439

  Heiligmesse , 10; Masses, 285, 296

  Quartets, strings, 315

  Op. 20, 116

  Op. 76, No. 2, D minor, 106

  Op. 76, No. 3, C major (Emperor ), 410, 613n80

  Op. 76, No. 5, D major, 309

  The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten) , 231, 296, 410

  Symphonies, 106, 144, 315, 464

  Bb major, 410

  No. 45, F# minor (Farewell ), 364

  Nos. 93–104 (London ), 205

  No. 100, G major (Military ), 111

  No. 101, D major (Clock ), 438

  No. 102, B ♭ major, 57

  No. 103, E ♭ major (Drum Roll ), 140

  “Toy,” 179–180

  Trios, piano, 364, 405

  Hebrides, 215

  Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770–1831; philosopher), 32, 47, 127, 171, 182–183, 187, 196, 227, 256, 375, 484

  Heidelberg, 98, 177, 321, 351, 540

  Heine, Albertine. See Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

  Heine, Heinrich (1797–1856; poet, critic), 14, 19, 27, 79, 80, 84, 104, 126, 171, 196, 202, 223, 252, 253, 255, 258, 290, 291, 292, 302, 310, 326, 330, 362, 375, 386, 429, 476, 534

  Heine, Maximilian (1805/07–1879; physician, brother of Heinrich), 574n73

  Heine, Salomon (1767–1844; banker, uncle of Heinrich), 27, 28, 202

  Heinke, Friedrich (London ironmonger, 1829), 203

  Heinsius, Carl Ludwig Ferdinand (d. 1834; jurist), 576n38

  Hélène Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1807–1873), 464

>   Heller, Stephen (1813–1888; composer, pianist), 221

  Hellmundt, Christoph (musicologist), 365

  Henning, Carl Wilhelm (1784–1867; composer, violin teacher), 45, 60, 68, 90

  Henschke, Eduard (1805–1854; copyist), 480

  Hensel, Fanny Cäcilia née Mendelssohn Bartholdy (November 14, 1805–May 14, 1847; sister), xxviii-xxix, 11, 36, 52–53, 55, 58, 73, 76, 77, 81, 85–86, 91, 97, 99–100, 101, 112, 117, 118, 131–132, 135, 138, 148, 149–150, 155, 156, 166, 180, 185, 187, 188, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 202, 210, 211, 216, 244, 247, 249, 253, 255, 256, 288, 289, 291, 302, 308, 311, 313, 314, 315, 318, 319, 321, 323, 327, 329, 348, 353–354, 359, 363, 365, 371, 372, 375, 382, 402–403, 407, 408, 419, 448, 449, 452, 453, 458, 459, 465, 477, 486, 494, 499, 510, 523, 533, 536, 542, 557, 558, 569

  appearance, 29, 304

  baptism, 33, 50, 119

  birth and infancy, 28, 29

  confirmation, 77–78, 224

  courtship, engagement and wedding, 97, 103–104, 118–121, 138, 192–193, 201, 211, 219

  death, 101, 557

  and Felix, xxviii-xxix, 52–53, 57, 74, 103, 104, 118, 145, 175–176, 192, 193, 211, 212, 213, 215, 219, 223, 224, 257, 301, 304, 311, 313, 325, 328–329, 427–428, 458, 463, 483, 523–524, 533–535, 569. See also under FMB.

  musical education, 33, 35, 37–38, 43, 44, 53, 59

  musicales, xxviii, 284, 463, 471, 536, 542, 557

  as pianist, 74, 93, 94, 102, 103, 135, 202, 309, 363, 471

  portraits of, 32, 103–104, 193, 212, 366, 542, 573n64, 592n152

  plates 3, 6, 18

  precocity, 35, 36, 48, 52, 118, 135

  publication, xxviii, 64, 104, 118, 175–176, 328–329, 335, 352–353, 425, 427, 523–524, 533, 536, 560

  as singer, 66, 193, 220, 304, 319

  Abendreih’n (song; 1823), 118

  “Ach, um deine feuchten Schwingen” (song; 1836), 330, 605n129

  Allegretto grazioso , piano, B ♭ major (1836), 333 , 334

  Allegro molto agitato , piano, D minor (1823), 584n34

  Andante, piano, B ♭ major (1837), 333 , 334

  Ave Maria (song; 1820), 62–63 –64

  Bergeslust (song; 1847), 557

  Capriccio, piano, F# minor (1837), 353

  Cholera Cantata (1831), 256–257

  Composition exercises, 577n100

  Des Müllers Blumen (song; 1823), 118

  Easter Sonata, piano (1829; lost), 216–217

  Einsamkeit (song; 1823), 118

  Erster Verlust (First Loss) (song; 1820), 85 –86

  Faust , Part II (1843), 463

  Festspiel (1829), 220, 221

  Gartenlieder , Op. 3 (mixed chorus; 1847), 533, 534, 536 , 542

  Gavottes (1819), 45

  [Heimkehr songs (in English)], 291

  Das Heimweh (song; 1824; published as FMB’s Op. 8, No. 2), 132, 175, 176

  Hero und Leander (1831–1832), 257

  Hiob (Job) (1831), 256

  Italien (song; 1825; published as FMB’s Op. 8, No. 3), 175, 176, 244, 439

  Das Jahr (piano cycle; 1841), 403, 425–426 –427 –428, 464, 535

  “Kennst du das Land” (1822). See Sehnsucht nach Italien. Die liebe Farbe (song; 1823), 118

  Lied zum Geburtstag[e] des Vaters (1819), 47

  Lieder , Op. 1 (1846), 523, 530, 533, 534, 535 , 536

  Lieder , Op. 7 (1847), 533

  Lieder , piano, Op. 2 (1846), 425, 530, 533–534, 536

  No. 1 (Andante, G major), 353, 535, 470

  No. 2 (B minor, Am Flusse ), 425–426 , 535

  Lieder , piano, Op. 6, 533, 534–535

  No. 4: Il saltarello romano (1847), 534

  Lieder ohne Worte , 191

  Liederkreis (1829), 211–212

  Lobgesang (cantata; 1831), 246

  Mélodies pour le piano, Six , Opp. 4–5 (1847), 533, 534

  Der Neugierige (song; 1823), 118

  Die Nonne (song; published as FMB’s Op. 9, No. 12), 224

  Overture, orchestra, C major (1832), 257

  [Part-songs, 17 (1846)], 536

  Pauvre Jeanette (song; 1820), 53

  Piece, piano, A ♭ major (1821; for Carl Begas), 75

  [Pieces, piano, 7 (Oct. 1836)], 328–329

  [Pieces, piano, 10 (1836–37)], 353

  Pilgerspruch (part-song; 1823), 174

  Processional (Präludium ), organ, F major (1829), 219

  Quartet, piano, A ♭ major (1822), 104, 118

  Quartet, strings, E ♭ major (1834), 300–301

  Recessional, organ, G major (1829), 219

  Die Schiffende (song; 1827, publ. 1836), 335, 353

  Die Schwalbe (song; 1823, publ. 1825), 176

  Seefahrers Abschied (song; 1823), 118

  Sehnsucht (song; 1848), 175

  Sehnsucht (“Fern und ferner”) (song; published as FMB’s Op. 9, No. 7), 224

  Sehnsucht nach Italien (“Kennst du das Land”) (song; 1822), 100. See also Italien .

  Sonata, piano, C minor (1824), 132

  Sonata, piano, G minor (1843), 463–464

  Sonata movement (Allegro assai moderato ), piano, E major (1822), 113

  Sonata o Capriccio , piano, F minor, 584n31

  Songs, 53, 62, 74, 114, 147, 301. See also Lieder and individual titles.

  Suleika und Hatem (song; published as FMB’s Op. 8, No. 12), 175, 176, 605n129

  Traum (song; 1844), 484

  Trio, piano, Op. 11, D minor (1847; publ. 1850), 542–543 –544

  Vereinigung (song; 1823), 118–119

  Verlust (song; published as FMB’s Op. 9, No. 10), 224

  Zum Fest der heiligen Cäcilia (1833), 287

  Hensel, Luise (1798–1876; poet, sister of Wilhelm), 37, 38, 103, 119, 120, 310

  Hensel, Sebastian Ludwig Felix (1830–1898; nephew), 192, 230, 246, 302, 359, 382, 403, 453, 512, 557

 

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