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Mendelssohn, Fanny Cäcilie

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Mendelssohn, Fanny Cäcilie [ Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn Bartholdy] (b Hamburg, 1805; d Berlin, 1847). Ger. amateur pianist and composer, sister of Felix Mendelssohn. Published 6 of her songs with her brother's, and (in her own name) 2 books of Lieder ohne Worte for pf., also oratorio, pf. qt., songs, and part-songs. Married painter Wilhelm Hensel in 1829.

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