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Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn
R. Larry Todd
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Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 halftones, 67 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 39. Weight in Grams: 658.
Granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was an extraordinary musician who left well over four hundred compositions, most of which fell into oblivion until their rediscovery late in the twentieth century. In Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn, R. Larry Todd offers a compelling, authoritative account of Hensel's life and music, and her struggle to emerge as a publicly recognized composer.
Granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was an extraordinary musician who left well over four hundred compositions, most of which fell into oblivion until their rediscovery late in the twentieth century. In Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn, R. Larry Todd offers a compelling, authoritative account of Hensel's life and music, and her struggle to emerge as a publicly recognized composer.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199366392
SKU
V9780199366392
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About R. Larry Todd
Recognized in the New Yorker as "Mendelssohn's most authoritative biographer," R. Larry Todd is Arts and Sciences Professor at Duke University. A Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the National Humanities Center, he is the author of Mendelssohn: A Life in Music, named Best Biography in 2003 by the Association of American Publishers. He has recently returned to his pianist roots ... Read more
Reviews for Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn
An authoritative new biography.
Forward.com
Todd's exhaustively researched and engaging biography will probably remain the authoritative source into the foreseeable future. It has helped to life the curtain of silence" that kept Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's works in the dark for well over a century.
Chamber Music
At last an authoritative account of Hensel's life and music. ... Read more
Forward.com
Todd's exhaustively researched and engaging biography will probably remain the authoritative source into the foreseeable future. It has helped to life the curtain of silence" that kept Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's works in the dark for well over a century.
Chamber Music
At last an authoritative account of Hensel's life and music. ... Read more