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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809	born February 3rd in Hamburg to a Jewish family with social ties to the German intellectual elite
1815	studied piano under L. Berger (earlier his mother had taught him), and violin under C.W. Henning
1919	with his sister Fanny, began composition studies under C.F. Zelter, then became a member of the Singakademie
1820	composed his first piano piece, Recitativo, and dozens of others, mainly instrumental,and the comic opera Die Soldatenliebschaft
1829	twice in March in Berlin , undertook the first performances of the Passion According toSt. Matthew after the death of J.S. Bach; then stayed in Great Britain , where he wrote the first series of Lieder ohne Worte
1830	wrote sketches for the “Italian” Symphony
1831	in the autumn, completed the Piano Concert in G minor in Munich
1832	on May 13^th, premiered the “Italian” Symphony in London , then the Berlin premiere of the “Reformation” Symphony and the overture The Hebrides
1833-35	performed many works by Haendel, for which he researched primary sources
1834	brought about the opening of an opera theater in Düsseldorf, and directed operas by Mozart, Weber and Auber
1835	in Leipzig , met Klara Wieck and her father, and befriended Robert Schumann, whom he introduced to Fryderyk Chopin; began to conduct in the Gewandhaus
1836	received a doctorate honoris causa from the University of Leipzig
1837	married Cecilia Jeanreaud; his oratorio Paulus was enthusiastically received at a festival in Birmingham
1839	in Leipzig , conducted Franz Schubert's Symphony in C major which had been discovered by Schumann, and then Haendel's Messiah and Beethoven's Mass in C major in Düsseldorf
1840	conducted the premiere of the “Lobgesang” Symphony in the Church of St. Thomas in Leipzig
1842	in Leipzig and later in England , presented the “Scottish” Symphony , dedicated to Queen Victoria
1843	in Leipzig , opened the Conservatory, headed it, and invited eminent musicians to teach there
1847	in the spring, directed the Paulus oratorio in Leipzig and then the Elijah oratorio in London; in May his beloved sister Fanny Hensel died; died in Leipzig on the evening of October 4th, and was buried in Berlin in Holy Trinity Cemetery, next to his sister's grave

Wiesława Negrey