This composer followed Ferdinand Hiller's advice in amping up the difficulty of his Piano TrioNo.
This composer followed Ferdinand Hiller's advice in amping up the difficulty of his Piano TrioNo. 1, a piece that caused Robert Schumann to call him the "Mozart of the 19th century." Another ofthis composer's chamber works in the repertoire is an octet with a scherzo that he used in place ofthe minuet in his first symphony. He closely collaborated with Ferdinand David on a concerto thatused a held (*) bassoon note to link the first and second movements and unusually opened directly with thesoloist. In addition to writing the Opus 64 Violin Concerto in E minor, he included the Roman saltarelloand the Neapolitan tarantella in his fourth symphony, the Italian. For 10 points, name this Romanticcomposer whose incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream is often used at weddings.
This composer followed Ferdinand Hiller's advice in amping up the difficulty of his Piano TrioNo.
Felix Mendelssohn