Transcript: Anne-Sophie Mutter's Immortal Mendelssohn

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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
01-30-2009
Anne-Sophie Mutter's Immortal Mendelssohn

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This is All Things Considered from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel. 2009 finds us awash in bicentennials. We celebrate the accomplishments 200 years ago of Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Darwin, Mrs. Poe, Mrs. Tennyson. And 200 years ago next Tuesday, Leah Solomon Mendelssohn gave birth in Hamburg, Germany to baby Felix, who grew up to be one of the foremost composers of the 19th century.

(Soundbite of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter)

SIEGEL: Mendelssohn was a child prodigy, and he was a traditionalist. In addition ...

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