Mendelssohn - a biography: his life and places (Documentary)

Felix Mendelssohn: a biography in words and pictures. The places where Mendelssohn worked and the most important people in his life (documentary).

00:00 Intro
01:11 Birth into an upper middle-class family
01:54 Jewish origin, Christian upbringing
02:15 Move to Berlin and extensive education
04:23 Friendship with Goethe
06:10 The child prodigy
08:15 Drumbeat in Berlin and the Bach Renaissance
09:16 Disappointment in Berlin
09:38 Travels to England
12:59 Changing feelings in Düsseldorf
15:10 Marriage with Cécile Jeanrenaud
16:03 Travel and painting in Switzerland
17:19 Family and career in Leipzig
19:42 Mysterious love affair with an opera star
20:22 Exhaustion, sister's catastrophe, early death

Access to the online opera guide:
www.opera-inside.com

More biographies of Artist (Youtube Videos)
*********************************************
Bach:    • Johann Sebastian Bach - a biography: ...  
Donizetti:    • Gaetano Donizetti - a biography: his ...  
Puccini:    • Giacomo Puccini - a biography: his li...  
Rossini:    • Gioacchino Rossini - A Biography: His...  
Strauss:    • Richard Strauss - A Biography: His Li...  
Tchaikowsky:    • Peter Tchaikovsky - a Biography: His ...  
Verdi:    • Giuseppe Verdi - a biography: his lif...  
Mendelssohn:    • Mendelssohn - a biography: his life a...  
Mozart:    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - a biography...  
Brahms:    • Johannes Brahms - A Biography: His Li...  
Stravinsky:    • Igor Stravinsky: a biography in words...  
Bruckner:    • Видео  
Wagner:    • Richard Wagner a biography in words a...  
Beethoven:    • Ludwig van Beethoven - A Biography: H...