Composer Felix Mendelssohn had kept the original in his study, to show visitors. To understand why is to begin to understand the world in which he lived.

On Sunday, the Parker Quartet performs Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet (Op. 12) in Harvard University’s Paine Hall. Composed in 1829, the quartet has acquired a bit of romantic lore ...

A complete recorded survey of Mendelssohn’s works for cello and piano is expanded, thanks to the discovery and reconstruction of a long-lost piece.