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Which music did Felix Mendelssohn play for Goethe in Weimar?
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Felix Mendelssohn
German composer Felix Mendelssohn, painting by Wilhelm Hensel.
When Felix Mendelssohn visited Weimar in 1821 to meet J.W. von Goethe, he played works by J.S. Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for the poet.1