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The Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. Posth. 90, MWV N 16, commonly known as the Italian, [1] is an orchestral symphony written by German composer Felix Mendelssohn. History [ edit ]
Felix Mendelssohn aged 12 (1821) by Carl Joseph Begas. Felix Mendelssohn was born on 3 February 1809, in Hamburg, at the time an independent city-state, [n 4] in the same house where, a year later, the dedicatee and first performer of his Violin Concerto, Ferdinand David, would be born. [4]
The symphony was dedicated to the Philharmonic Society, who performed the London première on May 25, 1829 with Mendelssohn conducting. [2] Mendelssohn orchestrated the scherzo from his Octet Op. 20 as an alternative third movement for this performance, which is occasionally played alongside or in place of the Menuetto.
Symphony No. 5 (Mendelssohn) This page was last edited on 2 April 2013, at 01:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Mendelssohn – Capriccio brillante for piano and orchestra in B, Op. 22 [13] Mendelssohn – Capriccio in E, Op. 118 (1837) [12] Mendelssohn – Capriccio, MWV U 43 (E ♭) Mendelssohn – Characteristic Piece Op. 7 No. 7 in E (reverse Picardy third) [14] Mendelssohn – Rondo Capriccioso in E, Op. 14 [12] [15] de Momigny – La Nouvelle ...
The Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor, Op. 107, known as the Reformation, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The Confession is a key document of Lutheranism and its Presentation to Emperor Charles V in June 1530 was a momentous event of the Protestant ...
A few days later Mendelssohn and his companion visited the western coast of Scotland and the island of Staffa, which in turn inspired the composer to start the Hebrides. [7] After completing the first version of the Hebrides, Mendelssohn continued to work on his initial sketches of what would become Symphony No. 3 while touring Italy. [3]
String Symphony No. 3 in E minor (1821) String Symphony No. 4 in C minor (1821) String Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (1821) String Symphony No. 6 in E flat major (1821) String Symphony No. 7 in D minor (1822) String Symphony No. 8 in D major (later arranged for full orchestra) (1822) String Symphony No. 9 in C minor (1823)