Fanny Hensel Research Paper

Fanny Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1805 and is the oldest of four children. Fanny was brought up at a young age to revolve around music education along with her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn .She is known for being a German composer and pianist . Both Fanny and Felix were considered prodigies at the time but she was limited to her brother due to favoritism in males. Due to this she performed many of her works under her brothers name. Even with such a disadvantage she composed over 450 pieces of music and now are regraded with a higher class of thought. She later married Wilhelm Hensel and took her husbands last name so she was now known as Fanny Hensel. She still composed many works after the marriage due to her husbands

Fanny’s style of composition is considered not as expressive as Felix’s, but it is much

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Felix Mendelssohn is a well-known German composer, pianist and organist of the early Romantic Era. At a very young age, Felix Mendelssohn quickly established himself as a musical prodigy and is now studied by people across the world. What many do not know is that Felix had an older sister who was also a musical prodigy; however, unfortunately, she does not get the same credit as her older brother. Due to the gender politics of this time, women who performed after the age of one who should be married were looked at negatively in society. Women were meant to serve their husbands and take care of the children, not to compose or perform at musical venues. Pieces from both Songs without Words composed by Felix Mendelssohn and Das Jahr composed by Fanny Mendelssohn have so many similarities. When taking a closer look at Felix’s compositional work, it is sometimes indistinguishable to the works of Fanny.

Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg in 1809. His father Abraham Mendelssohn was a banker, while his mum Lea Mendelssohn was a highly educated artist and musician. Mendelssohn first had his piano lesson from his mum, but soon he was sent to study with the best teachers at that time such as Marie Bigot and Ludwig Burger. He also took composition lessons with Karl