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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, 1910
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1Mendelssohn
2and instead of resting on his return set to work on some compositions for the King of Prussia. His last visit to England was in April, 1847, when he went to London and conducted four performances of Elijah with the Sacred Harmony Society. Soon after his return he received news of the death of his beloved sister, Fanny. Added to overwork this prostrated him, and was a direct cause of his death. He retired to Switzerland until September, then, after conducting Elijah at Berlin and Vienna, returned home. But a sight of his sister's home in Berlin had brought his grief freshly before him, and he never recovered his spirits. He wrote the string quartet in F minor, an andante and a scherzo in E major and A minor, and some parts of an opera, Lorely, and an oratorio, Christus. When apparently busy with plans and work for the future he was taken ill late in October, 1847, and died on November 4. For the great funeral given him by the Conservatory, Moscheles arranged one of the Songs Without Words as a funeral march, and it was played by the orchestra of the Gewandhaus when his body was being taken into the Cathedral.
4BIBLIOGRAPHY.
5Bartholdy, P. M., ed.—Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
6Benedict, Jules.—Sketch of the life and works of the late Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
7Blackburn, Vernon.—Mendelssohn.
8Devrient, Eduard.—Meine Erinnerungen an Felix Mendelssohn.
9Hensel, Sebastian.—Die Familie Mendelssohn. 3 volumes.
10Hiller, Ferdinand.—Mendelssohn.
11Lampadius, W. A.—Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
12Rockstro, W. S.—Mendelssohn.
13Stratton, S. S.—Mendelssohn.
14Wolff, Ernst.—Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
16Mengal (män-gäl), Martin Joseph. 1784-1851.
17Composer, conductor and player of the horn; born in Ghent. He began his musical education with his father, and at the age of twelve is said to have written compositions for the horn. Entering the Conservatory of Paris in 1804, he studied the horn with Duvernoy, harmony with Catel and composition under Reicha. He joined the band of the Imperial Guard and went through the Austrian campaign, 1805, and the Prussian campaign in 1806. In 1807 he joined the orchestra of the Odéon Theatre at Paris, changing in 1812 to that of the Feydeau. In 1824 he assumed the management of a theatre at Ghent, but when this proved unsuccessful he became conductor, filling a similar position at Antwerp until 1832, and at The Hague from 1832 to 1835. He was appointed director of the Conservatory of Ghent in 1835. Among his writings are two horn concertos, duets for horn and harp; fantasias for horn and piano; besides his operas, Une nuit au château; L'île de Babylary, and Les Infidèles.
19Mener (měn'-těr), Joseph. 1808-1856. one of two readings
20Menter (měn'-těr), Joseph. 1808-1856. one of two readings
21Well-known virtuoso on the violoncello; born at Deutenkofen, Bavaria; began his musical education on the violin, but later studied the violoncello with Moralt at Munich. In 1829 he became a member of the orchestra of the Prince of Hohenzollern at Heckingen, but in 1833 resigned his position and took a place in the band of the Royal Opera at Munich. He became well known by his concert tours through Austria, Holland, Germany, Belgium and England. He composed several fantasies and arias with orchestral accompaniments.
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