Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Mendelssohn · Arts & Literature
German composer and pianist of hundreds of songs and piano works
1805, Hamburg, Germany — 1847, Berlin, Germany
Germany
Fanny Mendelssohn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — German composer and pianist of hundreds of songs and piano works
Fanny Mendelssohn (later Hensel) was a German composer and pianist who wrote hundreds of works, chiefly songs and piano pieces, whose gifts rivaled those of her brother Felix; some of her music was long published under his name. Modern scholarship has restored her recognition as a significant Romantic composer. She was born into the prominent Jewish Mendelssohn family (granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn) and was baptized a Protestant in childhood.
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German composer and pianist of hundreds of songs and piano works
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
