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Felix Mendelssohn
German composer Felix Mendelssohn, painting by Wilhelm Hensel.
Felix Mendelssohn dedicated his Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20 to his friend, the violinist Eduard Rietz. The dedication was made in honor of Rietz’s 23rd birthday.1