Felix Mendelssohn

1809 to 1847 12 documented presences 9 places

Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Felix Mendelssohn across 9 places, from 1809 to 1844. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 to 4 November 1847), simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic era.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA

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3 February 1809exact date

Hamburgattested “Felix Mendelssohn was born on 3 February 1809, in Hamburg, at the time an independent city-state, in the same house where, a year later, the dedicatee and first performer of his Violin Concerto, Ferdinand David, would be born.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1811year

Berlinattested “The family moved to Berlin in 1811, leaving Hamburg in disguise in fear of French reprisal for the Mendelssohn bank's role in breaking Napoleon's Continental System blockade.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

May 1819month

Berlinattested “From at least May 1819 Mendelssohn (initially with his sister Fanny) studied counterpoint and composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter in Berlin.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1826 to 1829period

Humboldt University of Berlinattested “This translation also qualified Mendelssohn to study at the University of Berlin, where from 1826 to 1829 he attended lectures on aesthetics by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, on history by Eduard Gans, and on geography by Carl Ritter.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1829year

Londonattested “Mendelssohn conducted the symphony on his first visit to London in 1829, with the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1829 to 1842period

Leipzigattested “3 in A minor) was written and revised intermittently between 1829 (when Mendelssohn noted down the opening theme during a visit to Holyrood Palace) and 1842, when it was given its premiere in Leipzig, the last of his symphonies to be pre…” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1829 to 1842period

Holyrood Palaceattested “3 in A minor) was written and revised intermittently between 1829 (when Mendelssohn noted down the opening theme during a visit to Holyrood Palace) and 1842, when it was given its premiere in Leipzig, the last of his symphonies to be pre…” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1836year

Düsseldorfattested “Paul), given at the Lower Rhenish Festival in Düsseldorf in 1836, shortly after the death of the composer's father, which affected him greatly; Felix wrote that he would "never cease to endeavour to gain his approval ...” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

7 February 1838exact date

Heidelberg Universityattested “The eldest, Carl Mendelssohn Bartholdy (7 February 1838 – 23 February 1897), became an historian and professor of history at Heidelberg and Freiburg universities; he died in a psychiatric institution in Freiburg aged 59.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

7 February 1838exact date

Freiburg Universityattested “The eldest, Carl Mendelssohn Bartholdy (7 February 1838 – 23 February 1897), became an historian and professor of history at Heidelberg and Freiburg universities; he died in a psychiatric institution in Freiburg aged 59.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

21 March 1839exact date

Leipzigattested “Robert Schumann discovered the manuscript of Schubert's Ninth Symphony and sent it to Mendelssohn, who promptly premiered it in Leipzig on 21 March 1839, more than a decade after Schubert's death.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1844year

Londonattested “On Mendelssohn's eighth British visit in the summer of 1844, he conducted five of the Philharmonic concerts in London, and wrote: "[N]ever before was anything like this season – we never went to bed before half-past one, every hour of ev…” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

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Places Felix Mendelssohn is documented in

Berlin2 presences · 1811 to 1819 Leipzig2 presences · 1829 to 1839 London2 presences · 1829 to 1844 Düsseldorf1 presence · 1836 Hamburg1 presence · 1809 Heidelberg University1 presence · 1838 Humboldt University of Berlin1 presence · 1826

Freiburg University1 presence · 1838

Holyrood Palace1 presence · 1829

Other places tied to Felix Mendelssohn in the record

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1827year

Berlinmentioned “It was produced in Berlin in 1827, but coolly received.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1829year

Berlinmentioned “In 1829, with the backing of Zelter and the assistance of the actor Eduard Devrient, Mendelssohn arranged and conducted a performance in Berlin of Bach's St Matthew Passion.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1829year

Englandmentioned “His first visit to England was in 1829; other places visited during the 1830s included Vienna, Florence, Milan, Rome and Naples, in all of which he met with local and visiting musicians and artists.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1830year

Scotlandmentioned “Mendelssohn wrote the concert overture The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) in 1830, inspired by visits to Scotland around the end of the 1820s.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1832year

Berlinmentioned “Mendelssohn admired the grand pianos of the Viennese maker Conrad Graf; he acquired one in 1832 which he used in the family house and recitals in Berlin, and later another for use in Düsseldorf.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1832year

Düsseldorfmentioned “Mendelssohn admired the grand pianos of the Viennese maker Conrad Graf; he acquired one in 1832 which he used in the family house and recitals in Berlin, and later another for use in Düsseldorf.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1833year

Londonmentioned “He first heard Bennett perform in London in 1833 aged 17.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1834year

Düsseldorfmentioned “His frustration at his everyday duties in Düsseldorf, and the city's provincialism, led him to resign his position at the end of 1834.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1836year

Leipzigmentioned “Bennett appeared with Mendelssohn in concerts in Leipzig throughout the 1836/1837 season.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1836year

Lower Rhinementioned “It was his success while conducting at the Lower Rhine music festival of 1836 that led to him taking his first paid professional position as director at Düsseldorf.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

25 June 1840exact date

Leipzigmentioned “2, to mark the celebrations in Leipzig of the supposed 400th anniversary of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg; the first performance took place on 25 June 1840.” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1842year

Buckingham Palacementioned “In 1842, this resulted in an embarrassing moment when Queen Victoria, receiving Felix at Buckingham Palace, expressed her intention of singing to the composer her favourite of his songs, Italien (to words by Franz Grillparzer), which Fel…” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1843year

Leipzigmentioned “Among those appreciating Mendelssohn's conducting was Hector Berlioz, who in 1843, invited to Leipzig, exchanged batons with Mendelssohn, writing "When the Great Spirit sends us to hunt in the land of souls, may our warriors hang our tom…” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

1845year

Egyptmentioned “This could lead him into conflict with publishers; for instance, his edition of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt for the London Handel Society (1845) evoked an often contentious correspondence, with Mendelssohn refusing for example to a…” source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

26 August 1846exact date

Birmingham Town Hallmentioned source: Wikipedia: Felix Mendelssohn

Documented at the same place, the same year

Philipp Otto RungeHamburg · 1809 Friedrich WöhlerHumboldt University of Berlin · 1826 Karl Richard LepsiusLeipzig · 1829 Carl Maria von WeberBerlin · 1811 Giacomo MeyerbeerBerlin · 1811 Robert BunsenBerlin · 1811 Friedrich ListBerlin · 1819 Matteo CarcassiBerlin · 1819 Peter von CorneliusBerlin · 1819 Jacques OffenbachLondon · 1844 Maria Amalia of Naples and SicilyLondon · 1844 Louise of OrléansLondon · 1844

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