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Felix Mendelssohn

Birth: February 3, 1809, Hamburg, Germany
Death: November 4, 1847, Leipzig, Germany

Felix Mendelssohn (Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn) was born 1809, the grandson of the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His father converted to Christianity, baptized his children and changed their surname to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Felix resisted the change and kept Mendelssohn as his surname.

Mendelssohn showed his musical ability beginning at a young age. Octet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 20, composed when he was 16, was significant not only because of his age, but because it is one of the first works of its kind. He composed the overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream at the age of 17. In 1829 he conducted the St. Matthew Passion, which stimulated a revival of interest in the music of J. S. Bach.

He was musical director at Dusseldorf from 1833 – 1835, conductor of the Gewandhuas concerts in Leipzig in 1835, and he helped found the Leipzig Conservatory, 1842 – 1843. In 1841 he was appointed director of the music section of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

Mendelssohn wrote five symphonies. The most well-known are Scottish (1842), Italian (1833) and Reformation (1832). Other works frequently performed are his Violin Concerto in E Minor (1845), The Hebrides Overture or Fingal's Cave (1832) and his two oratorios, St. Paul (1836) and Elijah (1846). Mendelssohn died at the early age of 38.

Page numbers in Trinity Hymnal (1990) and The Worshiping Church (1990)

Title	Trinity	Worshiping
All Glory Be to Thee, Most High	102
Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord		815
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing	203	171
Not Worthy, Lord!	428
Now Thank We All Our God		374
O Happy Home, When Thou Art Loved	718
When the Weary, Seeking Rest	632