Fanny Caecilie Mendelssohn Hensel
Born: 14th November 1805, Hamburg, Germany
Died: 14th May 1847, Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, later known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy and as Fanny Hensel. Her compositions number over 450, and include a string quartet, a piano trio, a piano quartet, an orchestral overture, four cantatas, more than 125 pieces for solo piano, and over 250 lieder. Most of these were unpublished in her lifetime. Although lauded for her piano technique, she rarely gave public performances outside her family circle.
She grew up in Berlin and received a thorough musical education from teachers including her mother, as well as the composers Ludwig Berger and Carl Friedrich Zelter.
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- Ach, die Augen sind es wieder (1)
- Bergeslust (1)
- Ferne Op. 9 No. 2 (Tieck) (1)
- Gondellied Op. 1 No. 6 (Geibel) (1)
- Harfners lied (1)
- Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen (Heine) (1)
- Kommen und Scheiden (1)
- Lied in E flat major (1)
- Piano Trio in D minor Op. 11 (1)
- Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass, Op. 1 No. 3 (Text: Heinrich Heine) (1)
