Mendelssohn CHAPTER I The Mendelssohn family-Heredity-State of the Jews in Germany in the eighteenth century-Mendel of Dessau- Moses Mendelssohn-Days of poverty and struggle-Fame and happiness-The family of Moses Mendelssohn-Abraham Mendelssohn-His marriage-Leah Salomon-The family remove to Berlin-Re'ceived into the Lutheran Church-The Mendelssohn family a rare example of domestic happiness- Abraham Mendelssohn's remarkable musical insight. The Artist is the Child of his Age; he is also the product and outcome of the preceding Age. In the life of Felix Mendelssohn-a career of incessant activity, of restless work, though his circumstances were so favourable for ease and leisurely art-product-a career that ended ere the short span of thirty-nine years was reached, there is much that can only be explained by heredity, those qualities transmitted from generation to generation. Before entering upon the main subject of this work, it will be well to devote a little attention to the...

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