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==Scores and Editions==
==Scores and Editions==
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[http://imslp.org/wiki/6_Organ_Sonatas,_Op.65_(Mendelssohn,_Felix) IMSLP, various editions]
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==Recordings==
==Recordings==

Revision as of 03:23, 21 March 2014

Synopsis

German composer, conductor, pianist, organist

  • 1809 born in Hamburg
  • 1826-1829 studied at Berlin University
  • 1847 died in Leipzig

For details, see the Felix Mendelssohn article on Wikipedia.

List of Pieces

Opus Title Year
Op. 37 no. 1 Prelude and Fugue No. 1 1837
Op. 37 no. 2 Prelude and Fugue No. 2 1837
Op. 37 no. 3 Prelude and Fugue No. 3 1837
Opus Sonata Movement Year
Op. 65 no. 1 Sonata 1
1. Allegro moderato e serioso
2. Adagio
3. Andante Recit
4. Allegro assai vivace
1845
Op. 65 no. 2 Sonata 2
1. Grave 
2. Adagio
3. Allegro maestoso e vivace 
4. Fuga
1845
Op. 65 no. 3 Sonata 3
1. Con moto maestoso 
2. Andante tranquillo
1845
Op. 65 no. 4 Sonata 4
1. Allegro con brio
2. Andante religioso
3. Allegretto
4. Allegro maestoso e vivace
1845
Op. 65 no. 5 Sonata 5
1. Andante 
2. Andante con moto
3. Allegro maestoso
1845
Op. 65 no. 6 Sonata 6
1. Choral
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Allegro molto
4. Fuga
5. Final/Andante
1845

Background and General Perspectives on Performing Mendelssohn Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

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See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page. [1]

Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

IMSLP, various editions

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Recordings

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Other Resources

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Notes

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