Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.
He was very talented and even wrote his first symphony at age 15. He was an extremely prolific writer and suffered poor health in his later years by overwork. He died at the age of 38 after a series of strokes.
The grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, he was born into a notable Jewish family, although he himself was brought up initially without religion, and later as a Lutheran Christian.
His Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 with violinist Isaac Stern
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