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Transcript: `Das Jahr' Showcases Talent of Fanny Mendelssohn
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- March 25, 1996
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Fanny Mendelssohn, unlike her famous brother Felix, was discouraged
from publishing her music, and it wasn't until the last year of her
life that she received the recognition she deserved.
ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: Pianist Sarah Rothenberg recently made a new
CD of music by Mendelssohn - not Felix Mendelssohn but his sister,
Fanny. Much of the recording is devoted to the work, Das Jahr.
Our reviewer Tom Manoff says that its form, a kind of musical diary,
provides a special insight into the composer's life.
[`Das Jahr' by Fanny Mendelssohn]
TOM MANOFF, Music Reviewer: Although recognized as a child prodigy,
Fanny Mendelssohn's gift for composing was ...