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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

3 feb 1809 (Hamburg) - 4 nov 1847 (Berlin)

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Classical Music Pages - Biography extracts from Grove Dictionary of Music (by Matt Boynick).
Mfiles - Career highlights and selected music examples that can be seen as sheet music in Sibelius format.
Classical Archives: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Biography and complete works offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats.
Classical Net: Felix Mendelssohn - Recommended biographies, recommended scores, CD reviews, a works list, and audio samples in MIDI format.
Facility and Mastery: Felix Mendelssohn - Jeffrey Dane examines his life, conversion from Judaism to Christianity, works, and historical context.
Felix Mendelssohn - Biography of the composers life, including a portrait.
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) - Karadar dictionary entry with life, works, catalogue, portraits and other illustrations, related composers, and MIDI audio samples.
Find A Grave: Felix Mendelssohn - A biography and musical commentary of the composers life. Pictures of his gravesite with an interactive memorial.
Find A Grave: Felix Mendelssohn - A biography and musical commentary of the composers life. Pictures of his gravesite with an interactive memorial.
Gagliano Recordings: Felix Mendelssohn - Biography, picture, and links.
Humanities Web - Brief biography, key works, suggested reading and recordings, timeline, quotes, links, and additional resources.
Humanities Web - Brief biography, key works, suggested reading and recordings, timeline, quotes, links, and additional resources.
Hymnuts - Biography and a description of one of his most well known tunes.
IMDb: Mendelssohn Filmography - Lists movies in which his music was featured.
Internet Public Library - Biography listed with others of the Romantic Era. Includes portrait.
Kunst der Fuge - Biography and MIDI files.
Lauras Midi Heaven - Some MIDI files from the composer.
Mutopia - Collection of public domain scores and audio. Includes PDF, PNG, MIDI, and PS formats.
Mutopia - Collection of public domain scores and audio. Includes PDF, PNG, MIDI, and PS formats.
Naxos: Felix Mendelssohn - Biographical sketch, caricature, commentary on his forays into various musical genres, descriptions of the types of music he composed, and a discography.
Record Hall: Felix Mendelssohn - A biography that critiques and analyzes the composer's style.
The Michael O'Neal Singers - An article about the composer.
The Rec Music Foundation - List of vocal works with German lyrics, with English translations available.
Unique Tracks - Full recordings of the composer's violin concerto in D minor.
WQXR Radio - Biography showing how he championed the works of others, including J. S. Bach, as well as writing and performing his own. Includes summary works list.

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