- Mendelssohn composed his Symphony no.1 in 1824, when he was 15. The symphony premiered in Berlin the same year.
- Mendelssohn conducted this symphony in his public English concert debut on May 25, 1829 (He was 20, and he had performed at private occasions in England before this.)
- According to biographer R. Larry Todd, Mendelssohn’s Symphony no. 1 is one of his first compositions to display contemporary influences (like the music of Beethoven) in addition to the historical models (like Bach) favored by his composition teacher C.F. Zelter.1
Sources
- 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.
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