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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856

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Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry set to music by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered a member of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame. He spent the last 25 years of his life as...

Chapman, M. E., Mrs.,

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Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Dorothea Wach, 1875-1949

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Dorothea Wach Mendelssohn Bartholdy, called Dora, was a daughter of Adolf Wachs. She married her cousin Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy; the couple had no children of their own and adopted the girls Lea Stauffer (1916-2010) and Brigitte (1920-2005)....