Listen to the opening of Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet, as played by Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and friends on the irresistible recording they made in 1961 at the old Elvis-haunted RCA studios ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When the 20-year-old Felix Mendelssohn conducted Bach's Saint Matthew ...

Both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn were precocious children who revealed their musical talent early on. Their family fostered their skills; both received piano and counterpoint instruction. Felix was ...

You know you know a lot about Felix Mendelssohn when one of the famed composer’s family members contacts you for information about him. That’s what happened to Jeffrey Sposato, PhD ’00, after Sheila ...

Felix Mendelssohn was still alive when the New York Philharmonic was founded in 1842. “He most certainly influenced our orchestra from its inception,” Philharmonic archivist Barbara Haws told the ...

Mendelssohn visited Scotland in 1829 when he was just 20 years of age. He didn’t care for the local music, but his visit there at the start of his celebrated "Grand Tour" of Europe resulted in two of ...

From the archive, 24 April 1847: A ‘fatigued’ Mendelssohn gives an intimate organ recital to a large audience in Manchester See also: Tom Service on Mendelssohn Considerable curiosity and interest ...

An Interview between Jessica Duchen and R. Larry Todd. R. Larry Todd is the author of the definitive biography Mendelssohn: A Life in Music. He is Arts and Sciences Professor of Music at Duke ...