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Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Cäcilie Hensel née Mendelssohn was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, also known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Her compositions number over 450, and include a string quartet, a piano trio, a piano quartet, an orchestral overture, four cantatas, more than 125 pieces for solo piano, and over 250 lieder. Most of these were unpublished in her lifetime. Although lauded for her piano technique, she rarely gave public performances outside her family circle. She grew up in Berlin and received a thorough musical education from teachers including her mother, as well as the composers Ludwig Berger and Carl Friedrich Zelter. Her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn, also a composer and pianist, shared the same education and the two developed a close relationship. Owing to her family's reservations and to social conventions of the time about the roles of women, six of her songs were published under her brother's name in his Opus 8 and 9 collections. In 1829, she married artist Wilhelm Hensel and, in 1830, they had their only child, Sebastian Hensel. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: IV. Finale. Allegretto moderato
Dartington Piano Trio
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Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro molto vivace
The Nash Ensemble
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Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo
The Nash Ensemble
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Fanny Mendelssohn: 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 1, Schwanenlied (Arr. Lidström for Cello & Piano)
Mats Lidström
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String Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat Major: I. Andante maestoso - Allegro con brio
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet

Albums

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Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 8

2025
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Mendelssohn-Hensel: Chamber Music

2012
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Fanny Mendelssohn & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios

1989
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Bliss: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

2012
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The Echoes of Women - International Women's Day 2024

2024
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Bacewicz: Streichquartette, Nr. 4, Nr. 6, Nr. 7

2012

Singles & EPs

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Fanny Mendelssohn: 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 1, Schwanenlied (Arr. Lidström for Cello & Piano)

Single • 2025
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Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, op. 2

EP • 2020
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Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, op. 8

EP • 2020
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Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, op. 6

EP • 2020

Videos

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Mendelssohn Venetian Gondola Song Op. 30 No. 6 Joel Hastings, piano

Joel Hastings • 797K views
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Mendelssohn "Songs Without Words" Op.19 No.6 "Venetian Boat Song" P. Barton, FEURICH piano

Paul Barton • 38K views
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Fanny Mendelssohn: Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, op. 8 (Virginia Eskin, pianist)

noochinator2 • 32K views
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F. Mendelssohn - Chanson de gondolier vénitienne op.30 n°6 - Florence Robineau

Florence Robineau • 73K views
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ABRSM 2023 & 2024 - Grade 6 Piano exam - B:3 Venetianisches Gondellied ~ Felix Mendelssohn

Master Keyz • 111K views
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F. Mendelssohn - "Venetian Gondola Song"

ΘΟΔΩΡΗΣ ΤΖΟΒΑΝΑΚΗΣ - THEODORE TZOVANAKIS (official) • 49K views
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Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Op. 30, No. 6 "Venetian Boat Song"

Rosy Ge • 34K views
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Piano Trio in D minor

thestringmelody • 45K views
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Schubert - Auf dem Wasser zu singen - Kateryna Kasper, soprano

Kateryna Kasper • 67K views
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Fanny Hensel, Schwanenlied

Schloss Weißenbrunn Foundation • 6K views