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    Felix Mendelssohn Wilhelm Hensel was a court painter to the King of Prussia. Fanny did not publish many of her own works due to lack of support from her family. Fanny founded salons in Berlin where she gathered intellectuals interested in the arts weekly. She wrote music to perform at these salons.

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    Felix Mendelssohn Wilhelm Hensel was a court painter to the King of Prussia. Fanny did not publish many of her own works due to lack of support from her family. Fanny founded salons in Berlin where she gathered intellectuals interested in the arts weekly. She wrote music to perform at these salons.

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    Felix Mendelssohn Wilhelm Hensel was a court painter to the King of Prussia. Fanny did not publish many of her own works due to lack of support from her family. Fanny founded salons in Berlin where she gathered intellectuals interested in the arts weekly. She wrote music to perform at these salons.

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    FANNY

    MENDELSSOH
    N HENSEL
    By Anna Walle
    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
    Born 1805 in Hamburg, Germany
    Brother Felix was well-known composer
    Studied music together as children
    Rivals in music, he steered her away from publishing
    music
    Worked closely together despite tensions
    First work was when she was 14 to celebrate
    fathers birthday
    Married Wilhelm Hensel in 1829
    Court painter to the King of Prussia
    Had one son with him, Sebastian
    Encouraged her to publish her work
    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
    Mother taught her to play the piano
    before she began getting lessons from
    top performers in both Berlin and Paris
    Studied piano in Paris with Marie Bigot
    de Morogues, who was favored by both
    Haydn and Beethoven
    Went to the Berlin Sing-Akademie
    music school in 1820
    Studied musical composition with Carl
    F. Zelter and he introduced her to Bach
    Was a huge fan of Bach and some of her
    works are compared to him now
    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
    Founded salons
    Gathered weekly with individuals who
    were interested in the arts
    One of Berlins most important
    intellectual gathering places
    Wrote music for the salon so she could
    perform there
    Music was not very well-known until
    late in her life and beyond
    Did not publish many works because of
    lack of support by family
    Discovered later by researchers
    interested in music of women
    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
    Published some songs under Felixs
    name between 1822 and 1830
    One of them was called Italien
    Felix had to admit that it was not his when
    Queen Victoria of England asked him to
    perform it in front of an audience because
    it was her favorite piece
    Died in 1847 in Berlin, Germany
    Died from a stroke during a rehearsal of
    her brothers choral cantata Erste
    Walpurgisnacht
    Felix was severely affected and died six
    months later
    Fannys Music
    Has been said to be difficult to play because she was a talented pianist
    Lieder songs (German-language songs)
    Many piano pieces, chamber music, and works for womens chorus
    Said to be similar to Johann Sebastian Bach
    Short but highly melodic and evocative piano pieces
    Major Works
    String Quartet in E flat major
    Hiob cantata
    Overture in C
    Notturno in G minor
    Das Jahre
    Bergeslust
    String Quartet in G minor
    Was similar to some of Felixs works
    Over 400 compositions total
    6 Lieder, Op. 9 No. 1. Die Ersehnte
    Means The Longed For
    German song (Lieder)
    Published in 1850, after her death
    6 movements total
    Tempo: Andante con moto. (slowly, but with motion)
    Key: c minor
    Meter: 12/8
    Form: Strophic (AAA) form
    Instrumentation: Voice and piano
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwf69PSKfpw
    THE
    END
    The First Photograph
    Taken by Joseph Nipce in 1826
    View from Nipces manor Le Gras
    Shows birdhouse to the right, barn roof in the
    middle, and part of a house to the right
    Known as the inventor of the photogravure
    (image produced from a photographic
    negative transferred to a metal plate and
    etched in)
    Took 8 hours to build up enough light to
    capture the image
    Used bitumen of Judea on a pewter plate
    inside of a camera obscura
    QUESTIONS
    ?
    Assessment
    1.What is Fannys brothers name that she had
    competition with all of her life?
    2.What did Fannys husband do for a living?
    3.Why did Fanny not publish many of her own
    works?
    4.What institution did Fanny help to create,
    where she performed some of her own music?

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