Mendelssohn, Felix

[ (mend-l-suhn) ]

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A nineteenth-century German composer and performer. Besides symphonies, overtures, and concertos, Mendelssohn composed oratorios, notably Elijah, and the incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

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After a long and painful battle with cancer, Felix died peacefully at his home in Dorsington, aged 67.
Felix Dennis, Counter-Cultural Icon and Publisher Who Spent $100m on Fast Living, Dies|Tom Sykes|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That relationship ended with a car accident in which Angulo was killed and Claudia Ochoa Felix was injured.
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One of the last works in the exhibit is by Felix Tahar Aublet, a protégé of the French painter couple Sonia and Robert Delauney.
All Aboard the Orient Express: Looking Back at the Golden Age of Train Travel|Sarah Moroz|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At least she got to become a beauty queen—a dream denied another Sinaloa teen, 16-year-old Enedina Arellano Felix.
Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End|Michael Daly|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Two 23-year-old designers, Felix Heyes and Ben West, conceived of and executed just that premise with Google, Volume 1.
The A-Z Dictionary of Google Images—For the Moment|Sarah Moroz|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Frulein Fichtner had already departed, but the first violinist played Mendelssohn's famous concerto for violin.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
He was actually an enthusiastic admirer of Beethovens later period; but he stopped short at Beethoven, or rather at Mendelssohn.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Had some dealings with Felix Phellion, whom he tried to convert to his religious belief.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
She and Felix have something pleasanter to talk about, out under the oaks, or back in the shadow of the oleanders.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Felix would be troubled and angry she knew, 138 even at this clasp of an old friends hand.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater

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