Once trapped in communist East Germany, bustling Leipzig is now a city of business and of culture. It’s also a city of great history — Martin Luther, Goethe, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix ...

From Mendelssohn’s Elijah to his Scottish Symphony, here are some of the early Romantic composer’s most glorious pieces of music.

The Capella Istropolitana under Vasilis Tsitsianis will perform works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Sir Henry Bishop, Antonio Santana, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ernest Bloch, Claude Debussy, Camille ...

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KENNEDY: Yeah. One of her concerts, I think in Leipzig, Felix Mendelssohn came to and heard her play and, I think, kind of fell in love with the sound of her cello.

The beauty of the composer’s piano trios is renewed in the hands of three virtuosos. By Edward Docx There is a wonderful and definitive new album of the two Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) piano trios ...

Local Nazi newspapers today joined in demanding removal of the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdi statue from the Municipal Hall. It was suggested the statue of the famous composer be presented to the ...

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 ...

The audiences in France, however, after hearing Ravel’s quartet, argued about Debussy’s influence and were so impassioned about it that people nearly came to blows outside of concert halls! This ...

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 ...

Among the greatest European conductors and composers of the 19th century, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wielded immense influence on the music scene and is credited with rediscovering Bach as well ...