| Title | : | Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn |
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (679 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 019936639X |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-01 |
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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.
Editorial : "An authoritative new biography." --Forward"Todd's exhaustively researched and engaging biography will probably remain the authoritative source into the foreseeable future. It has helped to life the "curtain of silence" that kept Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's works in the dark for well over a century." --Chamber Music"At last--an authoritative account of Hensel's life and music. Todd accords Hensel the creative recognition that is long overdue, and builds on his Mendelssohnian expertise to trace the mutually influential relationship between Fanny and Felix. A scholarly tour de force!"-Marcia J. Citron, Author of Gender and the Musical Canon (1993) and Editor of Letters of Fanny Hensel to Felix Mendelssohn (1987) "The author of an acclaimed biography of Felix Mendelssohn, R. Larry Todd has now written what will surely be the authoritative life-and-works study of Fanny Hensel for a long time to come. With his superb insights into the workings of
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