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landofnowhereI did a Discord "radio show" on Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel today (yay for being given a chance to rave about my special interests!), and used preparing for this as an excuse to fall down a research rabbit hole. So have some links:
The Mendelssohn Family (1729-1847) from Letters and Journals, Sebastian Hensel -- I've discussed this here before, I should get back to reading it.
The Letters of Fanny Hensel to Felix Mendelssohn translated by Marcia J. Citron -- the whole book isn't available, but there's really quite a lot in the online preview.
Mendelssohn family website lots of biographical info on the various notable members of the extended family!
Hensel Pushers": project to make all of Fanny's music available for free online!
Anna Shelest plays Das Jahr -- Fanny Mendelssohn's most ambitious piano work.
Cholera Cantata: the oratorio Fanny wrote in memory of the 1831 cholera epidemic.
Twenty-five years with Fanny Hensel by Marcia J. Citron -- sorry, this one is behind an academic paywall, but it's really good as a perspective on feminist music history.
The "Suppression" of Fanny Mendelssohn by Marion Wilson Kimber -- a hot take on Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and feminist music history, by a musicologist who has an ongoing feuid with the author of of the previous article linked above.
(Personal musings on Felix's relationship with Jenny Lind moved to a locked post.)
The Mendelssohn Family (1729-1847) from Letters and Journals, Sebastian Hensel -- I've discussed this here before, I should get back to reading it.
The Letters of Fanny Hensel to Felix Mendelssohn translated by Marcia J. Citron -- the whole book isn't available, but there's really quite a lot in the online preview.
Mendelssohn family website lots of biographical info on the various notable members of the extended family!
Hensel Pushers": project to make all of Fanny's music available for free online!
Anna Shelest plays Das Jahr -- Fanny Mendelssohn's most ambitious piano work.
Cholera Cantata: the oratorio Fanny wrote in memory of the 1831 cholera epidemic.
Twenty-five years with Fanny Hensel by Marcia J. Citron -- sorry, this one is behind an academic paywall, but it's really good as a perspective on feminist music history.
The "Suppression" of Fanny Mendelssohn by Marion Wilson Kimber -- a hot take on Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and feminist music history, by a musicologist who has an ongoing feuid with the author of of the previous article linked above.
(Personal musings on Felix's relationship with Jenny Lind moved to a locked post.)