Research Paper On Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

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

I chose Florence Joyner because, she is an Olympic gold medalist, american sprinter, and she change the way of Track/Field. She has set and held records in the 100 meter and 200 meter events. Florence Joyner nickname “Flo Jo” as the fastest women on earth. She started trends and helped others.

Annie Easley was born on April 23,1933, In Birmingham Alabama. Easley and her brother were raised by thaier single mother Mary Melvin Hoover. Her mother was one of her greatest inspirations and her role model, she always encouraged her to get a good education. In an oral history interview with NASA, she said that her mother always used to tell her "You can be anything you want to. It doesn't matter what you look like, what your size is, what your color is. You can be anything you want to, but you do have to work at it." Annie Easley attended school in Birmingham and graduated as the valedictorian of her grade. At that time Easly Wanted to become a nurse because she thought it was one of the only careers open to black women. However, later on

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Even though Marie Antoinette was all about royalty, she was more than just posing for the crown. Marie Antoinette's early life was pretty great. She was born on November 2nd 1755. Her parents were Maria Theresa and Francis I Holy Roman Emperor. Marie had 15 brothers and sisters, there names were unknown. She had 8 sisters and 7 brothers. Marie didn't really have any kind of education, she was homeschooled and wasn't smart either. She couldn't read or write either she was nearly illiterate. She was tutored by a old family friend, her name is unknown.

As queen of France, Marie Antoinette was a symbol of what the common French peasant hated of the aristocracy. She often had a cold disinterest in the common people, however being warm and outgoing to fellow noble aristocrats. Generally liked at first, she turned into the very thing commoners hated of the aristocracy. Through her years, her actions as queen, what she did during times of unrest and turmoil in France, and simply how the people viewed her attributed to her becoming of a villain to the peasants.

Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13, 1819 in Leipzig, Germany into a musical family. Her father, Friedrich Wieck, was “a first-rate piano teacher.” Her mother, Marianne Tromlitz, was a soprano and one of Wieck’s piano students. Clara Wieck’s parents divorced when she was five years old, leaving her and her four brothers in her father’s custody. Tromlitz married Adolf Bargiel and moved to Berlin, but she still kept in contact with Clara through letters.

    Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13, 1819 into a middle-class family. She was born in the town of Leipzig, Germany. Her father, Friedrich (Friedrick) Wieck was a well known music teacher in the area and her mother, Marianne Wieck , was a well known  pianist as well. When she was born, her father had planned and predicted

Fanny Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg, Germany on November 14, 1805. She grew up living with her parents, Abraham and Lea Mendelsohn, along with her siblings Felix, Paul, and Rebecka. Fanny was the oldest of four children and was closest to her brother Felix. Having been taught to play piano by her mother, at age thirteen Fanny began writing her own music. She studied under the likes of composer Carl Friedrich Zelter. Education was a big part of her beginning years. Fanny’s parents and various tutors taught her in a number of subjects such as literature, music theory, drawing, violin, geography, languages, and mathematics. By nineteen years of age, Fanny had composed 32 Fugues. She also had the ability to play difficult works from memory. Both Fanny and Felix were considered child prodigies in the music world. Despite her talent, Fanny’s father disagreed with her choice to pursue a path in

Who is the composer (full name and dates)? List three points about his life and environment.

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.

Written in 1934, Mathis de Maler is one of the most famous works of the German born composer, Paul Hindemith. Hindemith was born in 1895 as the son as an artisan and maid in a city named Hanau. He was one of the most well known German composers of the early 1900’s, and a leading musical theorist. He regarded the composer as a ‘craftsmen’; this meant writing music for social needs as opposed to composing to satisfy ones soul and urge to express their self. Hindemith was a violinist and was known to undertake almost any kind of musical employment from performing in cafe’s, dance bands and theatres, although at 20 his luck changed and he became the leader of the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra. His earlier compositions were considered anti romantic

(2) Schubert was one of the most prominent composers in the Romantic era. He was the first composer to live off only the money he got from composing. He wrote many compositions during his short lifetime, especially art songs (“OnMusic”).