Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's songs are characterized by sensitive word-setting, small-scale structures, deeply personal expressiveness, and her unique harmonic sense and gift for melody.
Composer Biography
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's father, Abraham, instructed her to focus on her 'real calling' as a housewife, despite her musical talent.
Performer Biography
Soprano Dorothea Craxton gives regular Lieder recitals and has given particular attention to the work of women composers of the romantic period.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel was a passionate champion of Bach and joined the Berlin Singakademie, an organization dedicated to reviving music of the past, in 1820.
Composition History
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel only ventured to publish her first collection of Lieder, her Op. 1, in 1846, a year before her untimely death.
Composer Biography
Her brother, Felix Mendelssohn, discouraged Fanny from publishing her compositions under her own name, even though he sometimes passed them off as his own.
Composer Biography
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel was born into a highly cultured family, descended from the well-known philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.
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