Jakob
Ludwig Felix
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
February 3, 1809
- November 4, 1847
Felix Mendelssohn was a German pianist, organist, and conductor who was an important composer of the early Romantic period. Often disapproving of the adventuresome works of his contemporaries, Mendelssohn was a relatively conservative composer.
Mendelssohn’s compositional style inspired
Sergei Rachmaninoff to compose the paraphrase,
Scherzo from the Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.