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Author Blunt, Wilfrid, 1901-1987.

Title On wings of song : a biography of Felix Mendelssohn / Wilfrid Blunt.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, [1974]
©1974

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  ML410 .M5 B62    Available  ---
 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML410.M522 B58    Available  ---
Description 288 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Youth : 1809-1929. Moses and Abraham Mendelssohn ; Two clever children ; A visit to Weimar ; 1822 ; 1823-1824 ; The judgment of Paris ; A triumph, a failure and a holiday ; From Durer to Bach -- pt. 2. Travel : 1829-1832. England ; Scotland and Wales ; The return of the native ; A winter in Rome ; A walking tour in Switzerland ; Paris and London -- pt. 3. Maturity : 1833-1847. A prophet not without honour ; Dusseldorf ; Courtship and marriage ; Leipzig : Music and family life ; Leipzig : A busy year ; Berlin ; Queen Victoria and prince Albert ; Retreat from Berlin ; Jenny Lind ; Elijah ; 'Tired- very tired'.
Subject Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
Composers -- Germany -- Biography.
Composers.
Germany.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies.
ISBN 0684136333
9780684136332