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Fanny Mendelssohn

1805 - 1847

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Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, later known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy and as Fanny Hensel. Her compositions include a string quartet, a piano trio, a piano quartet, an orchestral overture, four cantatas, more than 125 pieces for the piano and over 250 lieder, most of which were unpublished in her lifetime. Although lauded for her piano technique, she rarely gave public performances outside her family circle. She grew up in Berlin and received a thorough musical education from teachers including her mother, as well as the composers Ludwig Berger and Carl Friedrich Zelter. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fanny Mendelssohn is the 136th most popular composer (down from 118th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from Germany (down from 405th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Composer.

Fanny Mendelssohn is most famous for being the sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Fanny Mendelssohn ranks 136 out of 1,451. Before her are Josef Strauss, Krzysztof Penderecki, Benjamin Britten, Giovanni Gabrieli, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Daniel Auber. After her are Édouard Lalo, John Field, Franz von Suppé, Sofia Gubaidulina, Pérotin, and Giovanni Paisiello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Fanny Mendelssohn ranks 10. Before her are Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Alexis de Tocqueville, Giuseppe Mazzini, William Rowan Hamilton, Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Maria Anna of Bavaria. After her are Louis Auguste Blanqui, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Marie d'Agoult, Khachatur Abovian, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, and Robert FitzRoy. Among people deceased in 1847, Fanny Mendelssohn ranks 4. Before her are Felix Mendelssohn, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, and Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. After her are Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Mary Anning, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Marie Duplessis, Jules de Polignac, John Franklin, Alexandre Brongniart, and Adélaïde d'Orléans.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fanny Mendelssohn ranks 457 out of 7,253. Before her are Theodor Schwann (1810), Peter Behrens (1868), Polykarp Kusch (1911), Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845), Maurice de Saxe (1696), and Werner Herzog (1942). After her are Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), and Martin Behaim (1459).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Fanny Mendelssohn ranks 23. Before her are Johann Pachelbel (1653), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hindemith (1895), and Max Bruch (1838). After her are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Kurt Weill (1900), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Max Reger (1873), Louis Spohr (1784), and Johann Adolph Hasse (1699).

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