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Niels Vilhelm Gade Niels Vilhelm Gade
Niels Vilhelm Gade , 1817-90, Danish composer. He studied (1843-48) in Leipzig, where he met Mendelssohn and Schumann. His eight symphonies, his chamber music, and his cantatas are essentially romantic.... Read more
Sir William Sterndale Bennett Sir William Sterndale Bennett
Sir William Sterndale Bennett 1816-75, English musician. Bennett was a friend of Mendelssohn and Schumann, both of whom influenced his work. Besides composing, he was active as a pianist and conductor. He founded the Bach Society and in 1854 gave the first public British performance of the St.... Read more
Fingals Cave Fingals Cave
Fingal's Cave , cavern, 227 ft (69 m) long, celebrated for its unusual beauty, on Staffa island, one of the Inner Hebrides, W Scotland. The entrance is an archway supported by basaltic columns 20 to 40 ft (6.1-12.2 m) high. The cave is inundated by the sea. Felix Mendelssohn composed an overture... Read more
Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim
Joseph Joachim , 1831-1907, Hungarian violinist; friend of Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Schumann. In his long career his performances of violin masterpieces came to be accepted as models. Joachim was concertmaster under Liszt at Weimar, 1849-53; later he became (1868) musical director of the Berlin... Read more
Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn (Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn) , 1809-47, German composer; grandson of the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn . Mendelssohn was one of the major figures in 19th-century music. His father, Abraham, upon conversion to Christianity, changed his surname to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,... Read more
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Ludwig Uhland Ludwig Uhland
Mendelssohn, (Jakob Ludwig) [Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy] (b Hamburg, 1809; d Leipzig, 1847). Ger. composer, pianist, organist, and conductor. Grandson of Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher, and son of banker Abraham who added Bartholdy to his surname when he became Protestant Christian. Felix was... Read more
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein , 1829-94, Russian pianist, composer, and educator. As a piano virtuoso he was celebrated for his perfect technique and emotional power, and was rivaled only by Liszt. He made his debut in Moscow at nine and later performed in Europe, where he won the admiration of... Read more
Ignaz Moscheles Ignaz Moscheles
Moscheles, Ignaz (b Prague, 1794; d Leipzig, 1870). Ger.-Bohemian pianist, composer, and teacher. Made pf. score of Fidelio, 1814, under Beethoven's supervision. After success of his Variations, Op.32, in 1815 he toured Europe for 10 years, visiting London 1821 and 1823. Gave pf. lessons to... Read more
Edvard Hagerup Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg , 1843-1907, Norwegian composer. Grieg developed a strongly nationalistic style which made him known as "the Voice of Norway." He received piano lessons from his mother and later studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. Influenced by N. V. Gade , Grieg at first wrote in the... Read more

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