num_pages: 332
description: Authored by leading scholars in the field, this collection of fourteen essays surveys the life, work, and posthumous reception of the nineteenth-century German-Jewish composer. Sections cover aspects of biography as well as Felix Mendelssohn's expansive and multi-faceted musical output. Two closing essays confront the turbulent course of his posthumous reception and the challenges his music continues to pose for modern performers.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Mendelssohn
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Mendelssohn
genres: Music
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Cambridge University Press