Mendelssohn: Organ Sonatas

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:musical_composition
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:German_Romanticism
gptkbp:characteristic	lyrical melodies rich harmonies contrapuntal textures
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Felix_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:dedication	to the memory of his sister Fanny Mendelssohn
gptkbp:duration	approximately 30 minutes
gptkbp:first_performance	1845
gptkbp:form	sonata form
gptkbp:genre	Classical
gptkbp:influenced	sacred music repertoire later organ composers
gptkbp:influenced_by	gptkb:J._S._Bach
gptkbp:instrumentation	gptkb:organ
gptkbp:notable_recordings	by John Eliot Gardiner by E. Power Biggs by John Rutter by David Briggs by David Goode by David Sanger by John Scott by Olivier Latry by Peter Hurford by Richard Hills by Robert Quinney by Thomas Trotter by John Butt by Marie-Claire Alain by Simon Preston by Stephen Cleobury by Ton Koopman by Hans-Ola Ericsson by Klaus Wunderlich
gptkbp:notable_work	gptkb:Sonata_No._1_in_F_minor,_Op._65 gptkb:Sonata_No._2_in_C_minor,_Op._65 gptkb:Sonata_No._3_in_A_major,_Op._65 gptkb:Sonata_No._4_in_B_flat_major,_Op._65 gptkb:Sonata_No._5_in_D_major,_Op._65 gptkb:Sonata_No._6_in_E_flat_major,_Op._65
gptkbp:performance	often performed in churches
gptkbp:performers	gptkb:6
gptkbp:published_by	gptkb:C._F._Peters
gptkbp:published_year	1845
gptkbp:recorded_by	various organists
gptkbp:style	Romantic
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Marie-Claire_Alain
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5