Mendelssohn-Handbuch (Hardback book)

Mendelssohn-Handbuch (Hardback book)

GERMAN TEXT ONLY

Robert Schumann called Mendelssohn the "Mozart of the 19th century".  Johannes Brahms and Max Reger revered him as a founder of romantic meaning.  During his lifetime he was celebrated, posthumously since Richard Wagner he was showered with anti-Semitic agitation and ousted from the concert podiums, finally banned in the "Third Reich" and only gradually rediscovered afterwards.

The interweaving of Mendelssohn's life, work and reception is multifaceted and fascinating - anyone reading this handbook will quickly develop a deeper understanding of it. The handbook offers:

- the presentation of Mendelssohn's position and work in his time

- Discussion of individual works for all work groups

- History of impact in compositional and historical perspective (reception, history of interpretation, Mendelssohn in film)