Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Overview

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Felix [Jakob Ludwig] Mendelssohn [Bartholdy], was a German composer; grandson of the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelsohn, but brought up as a Lutheran. Brother of Fanny Cäcille [also in the French form Cécile] Mendelssohn [Bartholdy]. Noted pianist and organist; also conductor, head of Leipzig Conservatory (1843), and amateur painter. Born in Hamburg; boy prodigy, composing the overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at 17 (the other music to it later). Visited Scotland, 1829 and afterwards revisited Britain nine times, conducting the first performance of "Elijah" in 1846. Other works include operetta "Son and stranger"; oratorio "St Paul; 5 symphonies and other overtures; 2 piano concertos, etc.;
Combined romantic ardour with classical decorousness of form; but did not fulfil all his early promise, and in the 20th century underwent a severe decline in popularity.
Felix Mendelssohn is, for data housekeeping purposes, listed in these webpages as a one-off composer because his Wedding March Op. 21/9 has been transcribed for recorder.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


O Rest in the Lord (1913)	Christine Miller	Edison Blue Amberol: 28157
Hear Ye, Israel (1909)	Edith Chapman	Edison Amberol: 147
My Song Shall Be Alway Thy Mercy (1912)	Agnes Kimball Reed Miller	Edison Blue Amberol: 1579
Ruy Blas Overture (1914)	Victor Herbert Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 2157
Spring Song (1909)	Victor Herbert Orchestra	Edison Standard Record: 10260
I Would That My Love (1913)	E. Spencer E. Eleanor Patterson	Edison Blue Amberol: 1831

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Wedding March Op. 21/9 (n.d.)		Unknown

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


	Wedding March Op. 21/9 (1904)		Edison Concert Band	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 120

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Elijah (1910)	F. Mendelssohn	Clara Butt	Gramophone: 4085f
	O Rest in the Lord (1915)	F. Mendelssohn	Clara Butt	Columbia: 6607

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OTT)
Venetian Gondola Song (1837) in A-Major	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
Venetian Gondola Song Op. 19/6 in G-Minor	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)
Venetian Gondola Song Op. 30/6 in F#-Minor	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A+B/T/B/GB(B)
Venetian Gondola Song Op. 62/5	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D+T/A/T/B/GB(B)
Wedding March Op. 21/9 (n.d.)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/A+B/T/T/B/B/GB(B)

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Der 42. Psalm	Felix Mendelssohn
	Drei geistliche Lieder	Felix Mendelssohn
	The Life of Mendelssohn (Musical Lives)	Peter Mercer-Taylor
	Major Orchestral Works	Felix Mendelssohn
	The Mendelssohn Companion	Douglass Seaton

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Clara Butt	Dame Clara Butt
	Various Artists	Weltliche Chormusik der Romantik
	Recorder Music CDs:
	Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam	Fuge around the clock
	Choral Music CDs:
	Various Ensembles	Lobgesang
	Various Ensembles	Deo Gratias, Drei Geistliche Lieder, Gloria

Choral

Title	Parts	Choir	Remarks


Der 42. Psalm	SATB/Choir/Orchestra	Collegium Musicum Bremen
Drei geistliche Lieder	Alt/Mezzosopran, Chor SATB, Orgel	Die Zeitlupe

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE803	O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast - Folk Song T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OTT), approx. 1½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE806	Venetian Gondola Song (1837) in A-Major A/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 2 mins.	out-of-print	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
DBE804	Venetian Gondola Song Op. 19/6 in G-Minor - Song Without Words No. 6 T/T/B+T/B/GB(B), approx. 2¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE225	Venetian Gondola Song Op. 30/6 in F#-Minor - Song Without Words No. 12 A+B/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE805	Venetian Gondola Song Op. 62/5 - Song Without Words No. 29 D+T/A/T/B/GB(B), approx.2 mins.	1-2 days
DBE807	Wedding March Op. 21/9 - A Midsummer Night's Dream A/A+B/T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 5 mins.	out-of-print	€18.00	£15.00	$23.50

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast	T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OTT)
Venetian Gondola Song (1837) in A-Major	A/T/T+B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Venetian Gondola Song Op. 19/6 in G-Minor	T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Venetian Gondola Song Op. 30/6 in F#-Minor	A+B/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Venetian Gondola Song Op. 62/5	D+T/A/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Wedding March Op. 21/9	A/A+B/T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Songs Without Words: Spinning Wheel (1906)	F. Mendelssohn (music)	Piano	Greer
Spring Is Returning (1841)	F. Mendelssohn (music)	Piano	Greer
Spring Song (1906)	F. Mendelssohn (music) Arthur J. Lamb (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer
Spring Song No. 30 (1875)	F. Mendelssohn (music)	Piano	Greer
Wedding March Op. 21/9 (n.d.)	F. Mendelssohn (music)	Piano	YorkSpace

Sheet Music

Recorder Sheet Music Go to Brass Sheet Music

Melodies For Soprano Recorder (D)

16 pages.
This edition: ED 11011.
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49002622)

Melodies for Soprano Recorder (D)

Arr./Editor: Manson
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST11011)

Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah (D/A/A)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00057)

Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream (D/D/A)

Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00030)

5 Pieces (from Op. 65, 72, 102) (D/A/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Moeck Verlag (MK00776.7)

Pilgrims" Chorus from Italian Symphony: Op. 90 (S/D/A/T/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00153)

Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream (S/D/D/A/A/T/T/B(GB))

Score and Parts. 12 pages.
Publisher: Jolly Robin (JR00026)

Brass Sheet Music

If With All Your Hearts (Trombone)

6 pages.
Arr./Editor: Allen Ostrander Level: Grade 3.
Publisher: Southern Music Company

Nocturne (Horn)

Music book.
Arr./Editor: Forrest Buchtel Level: Grade 2.
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company

On Wings of Songs (Trombone(Baritone))