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Cécile Jeanrenaud

wife of Mendelssohn
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  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Felix Mendelssohn
    / Marriage and maturity of Felix Mendelssohn

    …year at Frankfurt he met Cécile Jeanrenaud, the daughter of a French Protestant clergyman. Though she was 10 years younger than himself, that is to say, no more than 16, they became engaged and were married on March 28, 1837. His sister Fanny, the member of his family who remained…

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    …year at Frankfurt he met Cécile Jeanrenaud, the daughter of a French Protestant clergyman. Though she was 10 years younger than himself, that is to say, no more than 16, they became engaged and were married on March 28, 1837. His sister Fanny, the member of his family who remained…

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