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Which piece is the best-known song in Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words?
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German composer Felix Mendelssohn, painting by Wilhelm Hensel.
The best-known piece from Felix Mendelssohn’s collection of 48 piano works, Songs Without Words, is the "Spring Song," Op. 62, No. 6, in A major.1
This lighthearted composition is part of the fifth volume of the series, which Mendelssohn dedicated to his friend and colleague Clara Schumann. While the collection as a whole remains celebrated for its graceful beauty, the "Spring Song" stands out as the most famous of the four dozen individual pieces.12