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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Celebrated German composer, grandson of the succeeding, born in Hamburg; he began to compose early in life, and his compositions consisted of symphonies, operas, oratorios, and church music; his oratorios of "St. Paul" and "Elijah" are well known, and are enduring monuments of his genius; he was a man universally loved and esteemed, and had the good fortune to live amidst the happiest surroundings (1809-1847).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mendelssohn-bartholdy-felix.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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