Felix Mendelssohn: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Born	February 3, 1809 • Hamburg • Germany
Died	November 4, 1847 (aged 38) • Leipzig • Germany
Notable Works	“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” • “Briefe über die Empfindungen” • “Elijah, Op. 70” • “Hymn of Praise” • “Italian Symphony” • “Octet for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 20” • “Scottish Symphony” • “Songs Without Words” • “St. Paul” • “String Octet in E Flat Major” • “The Hebrides, Op. 26” • “Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64”
Movement / Style	Romanticism
Notable Family Members	sister Fanny Mendelssohn