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Poster for a dramatised pageant version of Mendelssohn's Elijah in the Royal Albert Hall in 1936

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Poster for a dramatised pageant version of Mendelssohn's Elijah in the Royal Albert Hall in 1936. ©Lebrecht Music & Arts

Felix Mendelssohn by Eduard Magnus (c.1845) Mendelssohn at the age of 12 by Carl Begas Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix's sister and a composer in her own right. Portrait by her husband Wilhelm Hensel Opening page of Mendelssohn's 'On wings of song' in his own hand Annotated drawing by Mendelssohn from his visit to Scotland in 1829 which inspired his Scottish Symphony and Hebrides overture Cécile Jeanrenaud, the composer's wife, by Eduard Magnus Queen Victoria at about the time she first met Mendelssohn. She viewed him as a personal friend and sang songs by him and his sister. 1840 painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter The Leipzig Conservatory which Mendelssohn founded in 1843 Mendelssohn's drawing of the organ in the Church of the Holy Ghost in Heidelberg Poster for a dramatised pageant version of Mendelssohn's Elijah in the Royal Albert Hall in 1936 Stained glass 'Mendelssohn' window in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig Mendelssohn's sketch of the Thomasschule in Leipzig where his idol Bach worked Mendelssohn's sketch of a view towards the Hebrides and Dunnollie Castle Mendelssohn's sketch of the foot of Ben More Mendelssohn's sketch of the Edinburgh skyline from Arthur's Seat

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