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Arnold Mendelssohn

Summary

Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn (26 December 1855 – 18 February 1933), was a German composer and music teacher.

Bust of Arnold Mendelssohn, at the Holy Trinity Community Cemetery, Berlin

He was born in Ratibor, Province of Silesia; the son of Felix Mendelssohn's cousin Wilhelm Mendelssohn (1821–1866) who, in 1854, had married Louise Aimee Cauer (sister to Bertha Cauer). In 1885, Arnold Ludwig himself married his second cousin, Maria Cauer, daughter of Karl Cauer (sister of Ludwig Cauer).[1]

Mendelssohn was originally a lawyer before studying music, then was director of church music and a professor in Darmstadt. Paul Hindemith was one of his students. After his death his works were banned in Nazi Germany because of his Jewish heritage. He died in Darmstadt.[2]

Works, editions and recordings edit

Mendelssohn composed chorale cantatas, three operas, and other works.

Operas edit

  • Elsi, die seltsame Magd (op. 8), Oper in 2 Aufzügen. Libretto: Hermann Wette; premier 16 April 1896 Stadttheater Köln
  • Der Bärenhäuter (op. 11), Oper in 3 Acts. Libretto: Hermann Wette; premiere 9 February 1900 Theater des Westens in Berlin[3]
  • Die Minneburg (1904–07), Oper in einem Akt. Libretto: G. von Koch; premiere 1909 in Mannheim

Solo piano music edit

  • Moderne Suite for Piano Op. 79 (1918)
  • Sonata for Piano in e minor Op. 66 (1917)

Chamber music edit

  • String Quartet No.2 in d minor Op. 67 (1915)
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in f-sharp minor Op. 70 (1917)
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in C Major Op. 71 (1917)
  • Trio for 2 Violins & Piano in a minor Op. 76 (1918)

Wind band edit

Suite for Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion Op. 62 (1916)

Selected recordings edit

  • Deutsche Messe op. 89 SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius. Hanssler.
  • Geistliche Chormusik op. 90, Berliner Vokalensemble, Bernd Stegmann. Cantate.

References edit

  1. ^ Françoise Tillard Fanny Mendelssohn 1996 "The composer Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933), nephew of the doctor and son of his brother Wilhelm (1855-1933), once observed: "The Mendelssohn family's attitude to Uncle Arnold and Aunt Dorothea is typically Jewish: nobody must think of them."
  2. ^ "University of North Texas "The Lost Composers"". Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  3. ^ Karl F. Otto A Companion to the Works of Grimmelshausen 2003 - Page 244 1571131841 "In 1897, the opera Der Bärenhäuter appeared, with a libretto by Hermann Wette and music by Arnold Mendelssohn, a composer from Frankfurt"

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arnold Mendelssohn.
  • Free scores by Arnold Mendelssohn at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
  • Free scores by Arnold Mendelssohn in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
  • "www.arnold-mendelssohn.de/ - 150th Anniversary Arnold Mendelssohn Website". Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  • Trio for 2 Violins & Piano, Op.76 sound-bites & discussion of work
  • Trio for 2 Violins & Piano, Op.76 I - Allegro on YouTube
  • Trio for 2 Violins & Piano, Op.76 II - Adagio III - Menuet, un poco vivace on YouTube
  • Trio for 2 Violins & Piano, Op.76 IV - Sostenuto, allegro non troppo on YouTube
  • Resources on Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn at the Berlin State Library