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  • Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context

    Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context by Schmidt, Thomas; Taylor, Benedict;

    Series: Composers in Context;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 31 December 2025

    • ISBN 9781009172752
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages340 pages
    • Language English
    • 700

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    Short description:

    A comprehensive overview of the personal, professional, cultural, political and religious contexts in which siblings Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn lived and worked.

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    Long description:

    Brimming with fresh insights, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the personal, cultural, intellectual, professional, political and religious contexts in which&&&160;immensely gifted brother and sister Fanny Hensel (n&&&233;e Mendelssohn) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy lived and worked. Based on the latest research, it explores nineteenth-century musical culture from different yet complementary perspectives, including gender roles, private vs public music-making, cultural institutions, and reception history. Thematically organised, concise chapters cover a broad range of topics from family, friends and colleagues, to poetry, art and aesthetics, foreign travel, celebrity and legacy. With contributions from a host of Mendelssohn and Hensel experts as well as leading scholars from disciplines beyond musicology it sheds new light on the environments in which the Mendelssohns moved, promoting a deeper understanding their music.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; Part I. Family and Upbringing: 1. Berlin Jews in the long Eighteenth Century David Conway; 2. Family background Susan Wollenberg; 3. Education Cornelia Bartsch; 4. The family cosmos Beatrix Borchard; 5. Fanny and Felix's personal relationship Angela R. Mace; 6. Fanny and Felix's musical relationship R. Larry Todd; Part II. Friends and Colleagues: 7. 'Das Rad': circles of friendship Thomas Schmidt; 8. Adult friendships; 9. Luminaries John Michael Cooper; 10. Colleagues (and Friends?) Maximilian Rosenthal; 11. Critics James Garratt; 12. Relations with publishers Maximilian Rosenthal; Part III. Cultural and Intellectual Worlds: 13. Aesthetics and Philosophy James Garratt; 14. Theology Laura K. T. Stokes; 15. Literary inheritance Lorraine Byrne Bodley; 16. Politics Sanna Pederson; 17. Visual art and painting Thomas Tolley; 18. Correspondence Peter Ward Jones; Part IV. Environments and Institutions: 19. Berlin's cultural and musical life, c. 1811-32 Jennifer Ronyak; 20. Leading music institutions in Leipzig Stefan Keym and Mirjam Gerber; 21. The Berlin of Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840-47) Jason Geary; 22. The Leipzig Conservatory Ariane Je&&&223;ulat; 23. Travellers Monika Hennemann; 24. England Peter Ward Jones; Part V. Musical Activities: 25. Professional and public music-making Katharina Uhde; 26. Private and amateur music-making Jennifer Ronyak; 27. Publishing and editing Douglass Seaton; 28. Constructing a musical canon Peter Mercer-Taylor; 29. The Bach revival Wolfgang Dinglinger; 30. Beethoven Benedict Taylor; Part VI. Reception and Legacies; 31. Interpretations of Jewish Identity Susan Wollenberg; 32. Felix Mendelssohn's reception in his lifetime Sinead Dempsey Garratt; 33. The curation of the Mendelssohns' legacy Christiane Wiesenfeldt; 34. Felix Mendelssohn's posthumous reception Barbara Eichner; 35. Fanny Hensel's reception and revival Marian Wilson Kimber; 36. Fanny Hensel's modern legacy Stephen Rodgers; Epilogue: A Future for Mendelssohn and Hensel Studies Benedict Taylor and Thomas Schmidt.

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