Fanny Hensel
The Other Mendelssohn
1st Edition
Published on 25. November 2009
455 pages
978-0-19-972064-4 (ISBN)
Description
Granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was an extraordinary musician who left well over four hundred compositions, most of which fell into oblivion until their rediscovery late in the twentieth century. In Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn, R. Larry Todd offers a compelling, authoritative account of Hensel's life and music, and her struggle to emerge as a publicly recognized composer.
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Recognized in the New Yorker as "Mendelssohn's most authoritative biographer," R. Larry Todd is Arts and Sciences Professor at Duke University. A Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the National Humanities Center, he is the author of Mendelssohn: A Life in Music, named Best Biography in 2003 by the Association of American Publishers. He has recently returned to his pianist roots and released his first CD, of Mendelssohn's complete cello works, with internationally acclaimed cellist Nancy Green for JRI Recordings.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note On the Website
Genealogical Tree of the Itzig and Mendelssohn Families
Preface
I. Fugal Fingers (1805-1818)
II. Musical Ornaments (1819-1821)
III. Sibling Rivalry and Separation (1822-1824)
IV. Leipzigerstrasse No. 3 (1825-1828)
V. Becoming Frau Hensel (1828-1830)
VI. Secret Aspirations (1830-1833)
VII. Youthful Decrepitude (1834-1835)
VIII. Demonic Influences (1836-1839)
IX. Italian Intermezzo (1839-1840)
X. Domestic Tranquility (1840-1842)
XI. The Joys of Dilettantism (1843-1845)
XII. Engraver's Ink and Heavenly Songs (1846-1847)
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Fanny Hensel's Compositions
General Index
