Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Paul, 1812-1874
Variant namesPaul Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was a son of the banker Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy and his wife Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the grandson of philospher Moses Mendelssohn. His siblings were the composer Fanny Hensel, the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and Rebecka Dirichlet. He became partner of the family bank Mendelssohn & Co. in 1838. He married Albertine Heine, a daughter of the Berlin banker Heinrich Carl Heine and sister of the mathematician Eduard Heine. They had five children Pauline, Katharine, Ernst, Gotthold, and Fanny.
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| referencedIn | EDWARDS PAPERS. Vol. XIII (2). (ff. 39.) Miscellaneous letters, locks of hair, and photographs, mainly of eminent musicians, including:-(1) Fragment of a letter from Ludwig van Beethoven to Frau Nanette Streicher; n.d. Printed by A. C. Kalischer, Be... | British Library | |
| creatorOf | ‘Original letters’: Mason – Meyerbeer (ff. 249); 1822-1913, n.d.includes:ff. 1-5 Gwendolen Mason, harpist: Letters from Gwendolen Mason: 1908-1909.ff. 6-7 Gwendolen Mason, harpist: William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Postcards to William Hayman Cummi..., 1822-1913 | British Library | |
| referencedIn | The Mendelssohn papers, mid-18th-19th century | Bodleian Library, Oxford | |
| referencedIn | Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990 | Library of Congress. Music Division |
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| sibling of | Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847 | person |
| childOf | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Abraham, 1776-1835 | person |
| sibling of | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 | person |
| memberOf | Mendelssohn (Family : Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786) | family |
| sibling of | Mendelssohn, Rebecka, 1811-1858. | person |
| associatedWith | Moldenhauer, Hans. | person |
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| Berlin | 16 | DE | |
| Charlottenburg | 16 | DE |
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