Felix Mendelssohn

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Composer
gptkbp:active_years 1820-1847
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Gewandhaus_Orchestra
gptkb:London_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:Mendelssohn_Quartet
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:chamber_music
gptkb:Los_Angeles_Philharmonic
gptkb:New_York_Philharmonic
gptkb:Royal_Liverpool_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:Berlin_Philharmonic
gptkb:Vienna_Philharmonic
gptkb:choir
gptkb:Romanticism
gptkb:Lieder
Classical music
Orchestral music
gptkbp:award gptkb:Royal_Philharmonic_Society_Gold_Medal
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Philharmonic_Society_Gold_Medal
Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music
gptkbp:birth_date 1809-02-03
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Hamburg,_Germany
gptkbp:birth_year 1809
gptkbp:born February 3, 1809
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Hamburg,_Germany
gptkb:Hamburg
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Todesstraße_Cemetery
gptkb:Alter_Friedhof,_Leipzig
gptkbp:child gptkb:Ludwig_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy
gptkb:Francesca_Mendelssohn
gptkb:Karl_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy
Levi Mendelssohn
gptkbp:childhood_talent gptkb:piano
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Robert_Schumann
gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:Piano_Concerto_No._1
gptkbp:contribution Choral symphony
Development of the symphonic poem
Chamber music forms
Concert overture form
Piano concerto form
gptkbp:created gptkb:Songs_Without_Words
gptkbp:cultural_impact German Romantic music
gptkbp:death_date 1847-11-04
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Leipzig,_Germany
gptkbp:death_year 1847
gptkbp:dedicated_works_to gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:died November 4, 1847
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Leipzig
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Berlin
gptkbp:encouraged gptkb:family
gptkbp:family gptkb:Abraham_Mendelssohn
gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:Oratorio_Elijah
gptkb:Lieder_ohne_Worte
Piano Concertos
Piano music
Symphonies
Violin Concertos
Symphonic music
Overtures
Oratorios
Concert overtures
Reviving interest in Bach's music
gptkbp:famous_quote “ Music is the language of the spirit.”
gptkbp:famous_work gptkb:Violin_Concerto_in_E_minor
gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Mendelssohn_Bartholdy_Quartet
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Leipzig_Conservatory
gptkbp:genre Romantic
Romantic music
gptkbp:grandparent Levi Mendelssohn
gptkbp:had_family_support_in Career
gptkbp:has_child gptkb:Sebastian_Mendelssohn
gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkb:Paul_Mendelssohn
gptkb:Carl_Mendelssohn
Ruth Mendelssohn
Cecile Mendelssohn
gptkbp:has_family gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkb:Paul_Mendelssohn
Levi Mendelssohn
Rebecca Mendelssohn
Abigail Mendelssohn
gptkbp:has_friend gptkb:Robert_Schumann
gptkbp:has_influence_on Family Members
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Felix Mendelssohn
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Sergei_Rachmaninoff
gptkb:Aaron_Copland
gptkb:Antonín_Dvořák
gptkb:Claude_Debussy
gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkb:Gabriel_Fauré
gptkb:George_Gershwin
gptkb:Edward_Elgar
gptkb:Gustav_Mahler
gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkb:Edvard_Grieg
gptkb:Bernstein
later composers
orchestration techniques
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Ludwig_van_Beethoven
gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:art
gptkb:Nature
gptkb:religion
gptkb:literature
gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:piano
gptkbp:is_married_to Cecile Mendelssohn
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Piano_Trio_in_D_minor,_Op._49
gptkb:Violin_Sonata_No._1_in_F_major,_Op._4
gptkb:Piano_Quartet_in_B_minor,_Op._3
gptkb:Piano_Sonata_No._1_in_E_major,_Op._6
gptkb:Piano_Sonata_No._2_in_B-flat_major,_Op._16
gptkb:String_Octet_in_E-flat_major,_Op._20
gptkb:Hebrides_Overture_(Fingal's_Cave)
gptkb:Piano_Quintet_in_A_major,_Op._81
gptkb:Songs_Without_Words
gptkb:Piano_Trio_No._1_in_D_minor,_Op._49
gptkb:Piano_Trio_No._2_in_C_minor,_Op._66
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._6_in_F_minor,_Op._80
gptkb:Piano_Concerto_in_G_minor,_Op._25
gptkb:Piano_Trio_in_C_minor,_Op._66
gptkb:Violin_Concerto_in_E_minor,_Op._64
gptkb:Piano_Quartet_in_E-flat_major,_Op._47
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._1_in_E-flat_major,_Op._12
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._2_in_A_major,_Op._13
gptkb:Symphony_No._4
gptkb:Concerto_for_Two_Pianos_in_E_major,_Op._134
gptkb:Concerto_for_Violin_and_Orchestra_in_E_minor,_Op._64
gptkb:Overture_to_A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream
gptkb:Piano_Concerto_No._1_in_G_minor,_Op._25
gptkb:Symphony_No._4_in_A_major,_Op._90_(Italian)
gptkb:Lobgesang_(Symphony-Cantata_No._2,_Op._52)
gptkb:Midsummer_Night's_Dream_Suite
gptkb:Piano_Concerto_No._2_in_E-flat_major,_Op._40
gptkb:Piano_Concerto_in_E-flat_major,_Op._40
gptkb:Piano_Quintet_in_F_minor,_Op._81
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._3_in_D_major,_Op._44_No._1
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._4_in_E_minor,_Op._44_No._2
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._5_in_F_minor,_Op._44_No._3
gptkb:Violin_Sonata_No._2_in_D_major,_Op._10
Reformation Symphony (Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107)
Elijah (oratorio)
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Mendelssohn_Foundation
gptkbp:maintained_correspondence_with gptkb:family
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notable_event First performance of the Violin Concerto
Revival of Bach's St. Matthew Passion
gptkbp:notable_performance gptkb:Elijah
gptkb:St._Matthew_Passion
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:Robert_Schumann
gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_Zelter
gptkb:Johannes_Brahms
Wilhelm Troszel
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Violin_Concerto_in_E_minor
gptkb:Elijah
gptkb:Symphony_No._4
gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:piano
gptkb:Composer
gptkb:conductor
gptkb:music_education
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Abraham_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Hamburg,_Germany
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Leipzig,_Germany
gptkbp:profession gptkb:piano
gptkb:Composer
gptkbp:shared_musical_interests_with gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Paul_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy
gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkb:Paul_Mendelssohn
Levi Mendelssohn
Abigail Mendelssohn
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Cécile_Jeanrenaud
gptkb:Cécile_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:style Lyrical
gptkbp:was_close_to gptkb:Fanny_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:was_educated_at gptkb:family
gptkbp:was_influenced_by gptkb:family
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Mendelssohn_Family
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:family
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Piano_Concerto_in_A_major,_Op._17
gptkb:Piano_Concerto_in_B_flat_major,_Op._19
gptkb:Piano_Concerto_in_D_minor,_Op._54
gptkb:Piano_Concerto_No._2_in_E_flat_major,_Op._40
gptkb:Piano_Concerto_No._1_in_G_minor,_Op._25
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Berlin_Philharmonic
gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
gptkb:Los_Angeles_Philharmonic
gptkb:The_Orchestre_de_Paris
gptkb:Berlin_Philharmonic
gptkb:Vienna_Philharmonic
gptkb:Concerto_for_Violin_and_Orchestra
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._1
gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream
gptkb:Mendelssohn's_A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream
gptkb:Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4