The art to can be defining? The music? The sentiment? The times leaves the traces in memories , in thinks and in sentiments. One time we defining romantics , the music teaches you the beautiful of art , every composition is surprising , magic. Jakop Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is birth to Hamburg of 3th February 1809 and is died to Lipsia of 4 thNovember 1847 , he is been a composer, director of orchestra , pianist and the allemande’s organist. Of origins Hebrew he is convert to Protestantism without deny his origins Jewish taking a new name by Bartholdy.
THE START OF MUSIC. A PRODIGIOUS TALENT
The sun of banker Abraham , nephew of illuminist philosopher Moses Mendelssohn passing the childish into intellectual ambient under an instruction directed by parents with the teaching in French language , in arithmetic, in literature, in art and with the lessons of pianoforte. Having the plaisir, the sensibility for the art , during a travel with family to Paris he starts the study of instrument from teacher madam Marie Bigot de Marognes , an interpret of Mozartian music which observe in young Mendelssohn a brilliant talent. It’s the fascine of Paris ? Or a new talent in history from music ?
THE WORLD FROM MUSIC
Comeback to Berlin he takes the lessons of musical theory and the compositions from Carl Friedrich Zelter , the director from Singekademie of Berlin and the lessons of pianoforte from Ludwig Berger , associated of lessons by violin from Carl Wiehelm Henning . In same times he know Goethe , with times he becomes an admire and his friend. His romantic music go far , for Goethe is mirific into his melancholy. A prodigious talent! At only nine years he concerts in public with the first concert of music by chamber the “ Military Concert of Dussek”. Of old 13 years he public the operettas , music of chamber, compositions pianistic, the first 52 symphony and his more known compositions” Wedding march”. Traveling in Europe , he becomes known and admired, working intense at his compositions , the life is divided between the compositions and musical tour. To Paris know Giocchino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Luigi Cherubini, instead to Rome meet Hector Berlioz. His merit is of recognition the music by Bach to his universal grandness from obscurity and from decadence in anonymity. In music by Mendelssohn there are the influence by Mozart and Bach , two musical kinds diverse , brilliants in harmony and naturalness. Of 1829- 1832 he make travel in Great Britain, Swiss, France, Italy, having the big success as pianist, organist, director of orchestra working intense to his work , oscillated among the tours and the compositions. After he work as director of orchestra to Lipsia of 1843 founded the Conservator of Lipsia . In last years is ill of depression , a period not prolific , in times to accentuate with the died from sister Fanny at that he dedicate the last composition” Requiem for Fanny”. He died after a series of infarcts following by ictus to Lipsia in 4 November 1847. He comes buried in Cemetery of Trinity to Kreuzberg of Berlin. Roberto Schumann a big friend make dedication his memory the composition” Rimembranze”.
THE WORK, A MUSICAL COMPLEXITY ACTIVITY , HIS GENIALITY.
Symphony 1, …..5. !3 Symphony for orchestra of arches . Concert for pianoforte and orchestra number 1, 2, 3. Concert for violin and orchestra. 3 Capricci, Oratories Paulus, Oratories Elios, Octet for arches , Ouverture , 6 Preludes and Escapes, Variations serious pour pianoforte ….
Romantic for the music, meditative with himself, caresses the piano in capricci, in naturalness from symphony, with refinement in preludes , escapes and variations. Innovative , fleeting from a composition to another, able in musical thinks, he become open and delicate in ouverture. Mendelssohn love the music, becomes famous for his musical genie , a times in which the pianoforte plays in magic of notes , unmistakable in compositions leaving the times for defined him. We can say : Present! Actual! Likely ! Today, tomorrow …. With every day more.
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