Felix Mendelssohn

Composer. Grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786). Father of historian Karl Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1838-1897) and chemist Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1841-1880).
Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind erected a plaque in Mendelssohn's memory at his birthplace, and established the Mendelssohn Scholarship Foundation, which makes an award to a British composer every two years. Biographers still debate the true nature of their relationship.
Younger brother of composer Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who had to have some of her compositions published under his name simply because she was a woman in the early 19th century.

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