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| Mendelssohn was a very skilled conductor as well as a composer, and he was appointed music director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the age of 26 in 1835. His concert programs featured several of his own compositions as well as those by his contemporaries.[([[https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200156428/|LOC]])] | Mendelssohn was a very skilled conductor as well as a composer, and he was appointed music director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the age of 26 in 1835. His concert programs featured several of his own compositions as well as those by his contemporaries.[([[https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200156428/|LOC]])] |
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| | ===== Cécile Charlotte Sophie Jeanrenaud ===== |
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| | Mendelssohn's upbringing in a stable home no doubt helped to his own extremely happy marriage in 1837, which resulted in five children. Cécile Charlotte Sophie Jeanrenaud, the daughter of a French pastor, was his wife. Cécile passed away in September 1853, only six years after her husband.[([[https://watermark.silverchair.com/ninecentstud_6_1992_1.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAvQwggLwBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggLhMIIC3QIBADCCAtYGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM6j8GgeBZZbnfw_2TAgEQgIICp2SECNoc8s17waJ5z3RR_pXL7bECaN6bShCkFA4dxqzPV9X9zhYTFw3cLE3_JWOMBVjcu6hnjeyFhiHOc7-0W6jTFQcJuGXg6-ZYbdL0GTiHtaXYnykW1h0KSBvVuvLK69WEo1aDhepM1jMc8ns_BetKyFB_FvfEL5TXyzrX87JmROwHXDQ3eohzwtAoIGnqgGToKUX5OFqkW8BQ-2p2TfxZX-KaFiUZoxG7NipL6jfto7sNII0K1whkeSF6D8ci9kRZh_aIbu2HTfpWqKM0fwA85KQDc1c_qAZ9WkkOvoBlZVO0kUM3ZUDjR2P6pLKpBXViIJ5_pE0wuLC1rXdlvSf3Ojat3Wo16as6ZnPOrCz52fdnf3g3imold0SxP1KQT28wBWD77DqlT4YYkaJaGJuWceAorF11W2uIoiKqj8KXloQH4mZifp9sMDEmdRivDcRhitHCJqOJ2kwT1jwGHOvG1KseNn-G8T4y3_Jf_u-95Unlk98q7-zBovyLTVH0Z_esBCw6LCFYfQkXW0o1gIjdBkefPdyR0BILK-1X3hErllhz6FtChCOyuIZabfAMyFCGE4fqCZToiDPMtdLgrZvrARcgsgq2NfczXuPp8OSRqykcP-33NOm8BOTEDOZjPSQv-kyjQi3lxbph4UBUA9_Hby10fpN1t0H0T3PtYwVlVGKWOMVb8TSoFweXVaszChK0u4yr8b8FZPFPsJgXGsoQ3utGBqrwvxuhvsbHhQlH5rwBtKD1PuWYwQCVXNPJ-oUMdCCbQdt5y4ckjAll2lsCf-jKlsZbyehl6sL91gJL202VGSkB3cOs-y9X1c0foOt1UViVcF0rlu5HOVjdw1_9eq3DoPxKTGeiYyO8IruPf30Ocw2D1K54NSpc1SFkwayTEFir3zg|Silverchair]])] |
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| | ===== Excellent Pianist ===== |
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| | Mendelssohn was a fantastic keyboard player. 'First and foremost, we regard his pianoforte-playing, with its extraordinary suppleness of touch, quickness, and force; next, his scientific and powerful organ playing,' wrote one of his obituarists.[([[https://www.bachcafe.com/en/read/Felix-Mendelssohn-bio-EN|Bach Cafe]])] |
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| | ===== Elijah ===== |
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| | In 1846, Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah premiered in Birmingham. It was the 'Messiah' of its day, tremendously popular and solidifying Mendelssohn's place as one of the greatest composers of religious music.[([[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Elijah-by-Mendelssohn|Britannica]])] |
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| | ===== Death ===== |
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| | Mendelssohn's health deteriorated in the latter years of his life. He was fatigued and unwell after a frantic last tour of England. He died at the age of 38 after a series of strokes. Death, according to Mendelssohn, is a place "where it is to be hoped there is still music, but no more sadness or partings".[([[https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/felix-mendelssohn-bartholdy/|Mahler Foundation]])] |
