Fanny Caecilie Mendelssohn Hensel
Born: 14th November 1805, Hamburg, Germany
Died: 14th May 1847, Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
Fanny Mendelssohn later Fanny [Cäcilie] Mendelssohn Bartholdy and, after her marriage, Fanny Hensel, also referred to as Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era. Her compositions include a piano trio, a piano quartet, an orchestral overture, four cantatas, more than 125 pieces for the piano, and over 250 lieder, most of which went unpublished in her lifetime. Although praised for her piano technique, she rarely gave public performances outside her family circle.
She grew up in Berlin and received a thorough musical education from teachers including her mother, Ludwig Berger, and Carl Friedrich Zelter. Her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn, also a composer and pianist, shared the same education and the two developed a close relationship.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Mendelssohn
Browse: Mendelssohn, Fanny
Further Reading: Mendelssohn, Fanny
Interview,
Tim Parker-Langston on Fanny Hensel's Lieder
The tenor and musicologist discusses his mission to make Hensel's complete songs readily available to audiences and performers alike - and explains why her music 'just never stops surprising us'...
Recording of the Week,
Chamber music from the Mendelssohns
The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective performs early works by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, complemented by one of Fanny's last-ever compositions.
All Genres: Mendelssohn, Fanny
Popular Works: Mendelssohn, Fanny
- Ach, die Augen sind es wieder (9)
- Bergelust, Op. 10 No. 5 (Text: Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff) (5)
- Dämmrung senkte sich von oben (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) (12)
- Das Jahr (The Year) (9)
- Der Eichwald brauset (Schiller) (4)
- Die frühen Gräber, Op. 9 No. 4 (Text: Friedrich Wilhelm Klopstock) (5)
- Die Mainacht, Op. 9 No. 6 (Text: Ludwig Hölty) (10)
- Die Nonne (4)
- Fantasia (5)
- Fichtenbaum und Palme (Text: Heinrich Heine) (7)
- Gondellied Op. 1 No. 6 (Geibel) (5)
- Harfners lied (7)
- Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen (Heine) (6)
- Il Saltarello Romano (5)
- Im Herbste Op. 10 No. 4 (Geibel) (6)
- Lieder für das Pianoforte (4), Op. 6 (11)
- Lieder für das Pianoforte (4), Op. 8 (7)
- Nach Süden, Op. 10 No. 1 (Text: Anonymous) (5)
- Nachtwanderer Op. 7 No. 1 (Eichendorff) (4)
- Notturno in G minor (14)
- Piano Sonata in C minor (5)
- Piano Sonata in G minor (7)
- Piano Trio in D minor Op. 11 (16)
- Schwanenlied Op. 1 No. 1 (Heine) (8)
- Sechs Lieder, Op. 1 (4)
- Sechs Lieder, Op. 7 (4)
- Sechs Lieder, Op. 9 (7)
- Sehnsucht (Goethe) (6)
- Sehnsucht (Schreiber) (5)
- Six mélodies pour le piano, Op. 4 & Op. 5 (4)
- String Quartet in E flat major (15)
- Suleika (Willemer) (5)
- Traum (Eichendorff) (4)
- Traurige Wege (5)
- Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh (5)
- Verlust (Text: Heinrich Heine) (4)
- Vier Lieder, Op. 2 (5)
- Vorlauf, Op. 10 No. 2 (Text: Nikolaus Lenau) (5)
- Wanderlied Op. 1 No. 2 (Goethe) (4)
- Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass, Op. 1 No. 3 (Text: Heinrich Heine) (10)
Recent Best Sellers: Mendelssohn, Fanny
-
RecommendedCD: $15.25Download from $10.00
-
RecommendedCD: $16.00Download from $8.25
-
Recommended2 CDs: $17.50Download from Original price ($23.00) Reduced price $17.00
-
RecommendedCD: $16.00Download from $8.25
-
RecommendedSACD: $18.50Download from $10.00
-
Recommended2 CDs: $23.50Download from $13.25
New Releases: Mendelssohn, Fanny
-
Download from $8.00
-
2 CDs: $31.50Download from $20.00
-
View all new releases
Future Releases: Mendelssohn, Fanny
-
RecommendedCD: Original price ($16.50) Reduced price $15.01Download from Original price ($13.00) Reduced price $10.00
-
RecommendedCD: Original price ($17.00) Reduced price $15.47Download from $5.00
-
RecommendedCD: $16.00Download from $10.00
-
View all future releases
