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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Grabau album] Scrapbook compiled by Fräulein Henriette Grabau, later Frau Bünau, containing (on p. [2] of cover) a watercolor of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, with an excerpt from the opera Ali Baba by Luigi Cherubini in Mendelssohn's hand; holograph copies of Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte, op. 85, no. 3, and op. 38, no. 2; autographs of Friedrich Rochlitz, Moritz Hauptmann, Carl Gottlieb Reissiger,...
- Contributor: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Grabau, Henriette - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1836
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Photo, Print, DrawingFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy im 12ten Lebensjahr
Title on digital file: Mendelssohn at 12 years old Print shows portrait of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy at the age of 12 years old.- Contributor: Weger, August - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 185?
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Photo, Print, DrawingFanny Hensel, geb. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Title on digital file: Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn Print shows portrait of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, sister of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.- Contributor: Mendel, Edward - Hensel, Wilhelm - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1847
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Notated MusicAuszug zu no. 6, Gottes Zeit : clarinetti & fagotti
Gottes Zeit Holograph, in ink, consisting of parts by F. Mendelssohn for 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons to be used as additional instrumental parts in J.S. Bach's cantata, BWV 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit. The holograph is accompanied by a printed score of the cantata (30 p. ; 33 cm.) edited by the Bach-Gesellschaft and published: Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel (pl. no.: B.W.106)....- Contributor: Bach, Johann Sebastian - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 183?
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialThe alterations in the accompaniments of the Concerto in d. Holograph, in ink. Title from caption. At foot of p. 1: Mendelssohn's handwriting (alterations in his Concerto published by J.A. Novello)--Sabilla Novello. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress.
- Contributor: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1837
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Mendelssohn family : Felix Mendelssohn--Abraham Mendelssohn, his father--Leah Mendelssohn, his mother--Cecile, his wife--Fanny Hensel, his sister Scrapbook, containing printed matter about the family, holograph letters by them or to them, portraits, and holograph music ("Praeludium für ein Orgel, zum 3ten Oktober 1829," by Fanny Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, dated at end Sept. 28, 1829; and 5 measures by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, dated at Birmingham Sept. 25, 1840). The contents date from about 1829 to about 1938. The printed matter is in English (except for...
- Contributor: Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1900
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Notated Music95ter Psalm
Fünfundneunzigster Psalm | First words of fragment: Lasst uns mit Danken Holograph fragment from an early version of the 2nd movement, in ink, signed. The 54 measures of the ms. correspond to measures 57-106 of the final version. For chorus and orchestra. Title from p. [4]. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1838
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Notated MusicTutto è silenzio
First words of aria: Dei clementi Holograph, in ink. Recitative and aria for voice and orchestra; all after p. [4] wanting. Title from first words of text. At top of p. [1]: Berlin am 23sten Febr. 1829. Für Mad. A. Milder componirt und derselben in Erfurcht zugeeignet von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Accompanied by the complete text in ms. (not holograph). In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library...- Contributor: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1829
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Notated MusicSinfonia Holograph, in ink. Arr. for piano 4 hands. Composer's letter concerning the work, written in English to Johann Baptist Cramer ([4] p. ; 19 cm.) mounted on flyleaf. Holograph part (in score format) for optional violin and violoncello bound in. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress.
- Contributor: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1829
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Notated MusicOttetto Holograph, in ink. At end: Berlin, d. 15 Oct. 1825. Published: Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel, ca. 1845. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress.
- Contributor: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1825
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Notated MusicDer Blumenstrauss Holograph, in ink, signed on p. [2]. At end: London, May 1832. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress.
- Contributor: Klingemann, Karl - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation
- Date: 1832
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialAlbum of autographs, sketches, photographs, etc., etc. collected during his lifetime by Leo P. Wheat, pianist and composer (late of Berryville, Virginia) and given by him to his friend Edward H. Droop ...
- Contributor: Wheat, Leo P. - Droop, Edward H.
- Date: 18??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialLetter to Eduard Devrient; 10 July, 1832 Correspondence. manuscript | 4p. | Manuscript (Form).
- Contributor: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Devrient, Eduard
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Book/Printed MaterialMendelssohn, engraved portrait Print.
- Contributor: Dircks, A. - Gebr, Kehr & Niessen, Cologne - Hildebrandt, Th
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CollectionFelix Mendelssohn at the Library of Congress Made available here are digital images of selected resources on this composer. This collection was created to mark the bicentennial of the birth of composer Felix Mendelssohn on February 3, 2009. The Library of Congress’s Music Division is one of the world’s major repositories of primary source material related to the composer.
- Date: 1820
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