Fanny Hensel

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-518080-0
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 845 g

Granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was an extraordinary musician who left well over four hundred compositions, most of which fell into oblivion until their rediscovery late in the twentieth century. In Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn, R. Larry Todd offers a compelling, authoritative account of Hensel's life and music, and her struggle to emerge as a publicly recognized composer.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Todd

Todd, R. Larry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassik (ca. 1750-1830)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Illustrations

- Acknowledgments

- Note On the Website

- Genealogical Tree of the Itzig and Mendelssohn Families

- Preface

- 1.: Fugal Fingers (1805-1818)

- 2.: Musical Ornaments (1819-1821)

- 3.: Sibling Rivalry and Separation (1822-1824)

- 4.: Leipzigerstrasse No. 3 (1825-1828)

- 5.: Becoming Frau Hensel (1828-1830)

- 6.: Secret Aspirations (1830-1833)

- 7.: Youthful Decrepitude (1834-1835)

- 8.: Demonic Influences (1836-1839)

- 9.:. Italian Intermezzo (1839-1840)

- 10.: Domestic Tranquility (1840-1842)

- 11.: The Joys of Dilettantism (1843-1845)

- 12.: Engraver's Ink and Heavenly Songs (1846-1847)

- Epilogue

- Abbreviations

- Notes

- Bibliography

- Index of Fanny Hensel's Compositions

- General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Larry Todd is Arts & Sciences Professor of Music at Duke University; recognized in the New York Times as "the dean of Mendelssohn scholars in the United States." Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the National Humanities Center; author of Mendelssohn: A Life in Music (OUP, 2003), which was named Best Biography in 2003 by the Association of American Publishers.