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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Mendelssohn, Felix Full name Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. 1809-1847. German conductor, pianist, and composer of works characterized by emotional restraint and classical form, including the Italian (1833) and Scotch (1842) symphonies.
- Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786. German philosopher noted for his writings on the inborn ability of humans to recognize beauty, truth, and goodness. His influence and works aided the assimilation of Jews into German society.
WordNet 3.0
- n. German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)
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“Often though, amid all the excitement and bankable headlines, the artistic payoffs turn out to be minimal, or the claims greatly exaggerated: Witness the overblown and specious claims made about a spate of so-called Mendelssohn “world premieres” in New York recently.”
“In this connection it is helpful to recall Mendelssohn's differentiation of knowing, approving, and desiring from one another.”
“He is not called Mendelssohn, but I knew him by his legs.”
“He calls the Mendelssohn piece a "jewel" but says that's what makes it so difficult.”
“(A light dinner will be provided at an extended intermission.) "The Mendelssohn was my mother's favorite oratorio, and I'm doing it in her memory,”
“Yet the Mendelssohn was a revelation - dark-hued and urgent, with a rhythmic intensity that brought the composer's pictorial evocation of the Scottish sea vividly to life.”
“(UK) listeners to send a short story of no more than 1000 words which use the names of all four composers - Mendelssohn, Haydn, Purcell and Handel in the most inventive, imaginative and cunning ways possible, from a detective called Mendelssohn to an intergalactic starship called the USS Handel.”
“His fame came after his death from Typhoid Fever, at the age of 31, when composers such as Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Liszt realized his genius.”
“Mendelssohn" is the favorite musical interpreter of the hymn.”
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