String Symphonies

Composer: MENDELSSOHN, Felix
  • Mendelssohn composed his 12 string sinfonias between 1821-1823 (aged 12-14).
  • Mendelssohn’s string sinfonias are highly contrapuntal, influenced by the music of J.S. Bach. The Mendelssohn siblings’ composition teacher, Friedrich Zelter, was a Bach scholar emphasized Bach as a model to his students.
  • Mendelssohn’s string symphonies also show the influence of C.P.E. Bach, one of the first classical symphonists, who also composed string sinfonias.1

ENCO Cut # 19778: String Symphony No. 9 in C Major
ENCO Cut # 19779: String Symphony No. 11 in F Major

Sources

  1. R. Larry Todd, “Mendelssohn(-Bartholdy), (Jacob Ludwig) Felix,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 14, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000051795. 

Cut IDs

19778, 19779