Fanny Mendelssohn was a truly great composer, but she faced an almost overwhelming set of obstacles to getting her work published. Fanny Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg on 14 November 1805 and learned ...

In 1829 Felix Mendelssohn visited the Hebrides, a group of islands off the coast of Scotland. This trip inspired him to write his famous “Hebrides Overture”. Now, two Cambridge academics have ...

Mercury Studios, the production company behind recent Abbey Road Studios doc “If These Walls Could Sing,” have unveiled their new feature, about composer Felix Mendelssohn’s genius sister Fanny.

According to the print program, the first piece played was meant to be “Overture” by Fanny Mendelssohn, the talented sister of Felix Mendelssohn whose work went largely unnoticed in her own time.

At Buckingham Palace in 1842, the German composer Felix Mendelssohn found himself confessing to piracy. Queen Victoria, a great admirer of his music, announced her intention to sing her favorite ...

Felix Mendelssohn's The Hebrides was inspired by the composer's 1829 trip to the British Isles. His overture has now inspired collaboration between a Cambridge economist and a composer ...

Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were born with golden spoons in their mouths, children of an arts-loving banking family in Berlin. Felix (1809-1847) was one of the greatest child prodigies of his time.

On August 7, 1829, Felix Mendelssohn took a steamer from the Scottish mainland to the grandly rugged island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides. Later that day, the composer wrote to his sister Fanny ...

By Edward Docx There is a wonderful and definitive new album of the two Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) piano trios that I can’t let you miss. Mendelssohn: Piano Trios is a recording by a super-trio of ...