My Recollections of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and His Letters to Me

By:

Eduard Devrient

Format:

Paperback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Music

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Actor and baritone Eduard Devrient (1801-77) first met Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) in 1822, and they remained close friends thereafter. During his lifetime, Mendelssohn achieved celebrity status as a composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor, and it was Devrient who secured in 1829 the famous performance in Berlin, under Mendelssohn's direction, of the St Matthew Passion, which began the Bach revival. First published in German in 1869, this work is reissued here in the English translation of the same year by Natalia Macfarren (1827-1913), singer and wife of the composer Sir George Macfarren. Her work as a translator included the first English versions of Wagner's Lohengrin and Verdi's Rigoletto. Although Devrient does not always exactly reproduce the correspondence, particularly where Mendelssohn is critical of others, the letters and commentary here serve to illuminate the development of a great composer.

Release date Australia

October 24th, 2013

Author

Eduard Devrient

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Translated by Natalia Macfarren

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

1 b/w illus.

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

322

Publisher

Cambridge Library Collection

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Music

Dimensions

140x216x18

ISBN-13

9781108068857

Product ID

21615331

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