Mendelssohn

American  

[men-dl-suhn, men-duhl-zohn] / ˈmɛn dl sən, ˈmɛn dəlˌzoʊn /

noun

1. Felix Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809–47, German composer.

2. his grandfather Moses 1729–86, German philosopher.

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Mendelssohn British  

/ ˈmɛndəlzoːn, ˈmɛndəlsən /

noun

1. Felix (ˈfeːlɪks), full name Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. 1809–47, German romantic composer. His works include the overtures A Midsummer Night's Dream (1826) and Fingal's Cave (1832), five symphonies, the oratorio Elijah (1846), piano pieces, and songs. He was instrumental in the revival of the music of J. S. Bach in the 19th century

2. his grandfather, Moses (ˈmoːzəs). 1729–86, German Jewish philosopher. His best-known work is Jerusalem (1783), in which he defends Judaism and appeals for religious toleration

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Example Sentences

He felt that if Levi had been born a few generations earlier, they “would be in the record store next to Mendelssohn or Stravinsky,” Larraín told me in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Ehnes’ own string quartet performs one of the most engaging early Romantic examples of the genre by Mendelssohn, the “Mozart of the 19th century” — with Mozart’s own dazzling two-piano piece to start the program.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

With the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, of which he was music director, he taped Mendelssohn and Mozart concertos; with the tenor Ian Bostridge, Schubert’s “Schwanengesang.”

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

In just a few minutes of Hagan, you can hear the melodic thrust and drama of Mendelssohn, or the elegant weave of the familiar and the fresh you get from Amy Beach.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2022

Even the most intimate songs of Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn soften raw emotion with a poetic image - rejection being portrayed as an iced-up lake, or happiness as a bird singing.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall