Fanny mendelssohn famous pieces
Fanny mendelssohn famous pieces
Six of the best: works by Fanny Mendelssohn - Classical Music.
Who was Fanny Mendelssohn, the unsung composer whose music was published under her brother’s name?
8 March ,
Fanny Mendelssohn was a truly great composer, but she faced an almost overwhelming set of obstacles to getting her work published.
Fanny Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg on 14 November and learned to play the piano when she was a child.
She was such an impressive young musician that her composition teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter said of her: “This child really is something special”.
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But Fanny wasn’t just a brilliant performer, she was also a composer – like her younger brother Felix.
Unfortunately, Fanny’s father was a firm believer that composition wasn’t a career for women. He said to his daughter: “Music will perhaps become [Felix’s] profession, while for you it can and must be only an ornament.”
Read more: The 10 greatest pieces of music by Fanny Mendelssohn, ranked
But Fanny was brimming with musical ideas and carried on composing regardless.
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