Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldy--Part 7 Mendelssohn's Tribute to Bach After his marriage, Mendelssohn resolved to commemorate in a worth manner the one of his predecessors to whom he most resembled in the severity of his studies. Johan Sebastian Bach, the great cantor of the Thomas School at Leipsic, ought to have a monument in the city in which he had labored so long. Mendelssohn undertook to erect such a monument out of his own means, and he resolved in addition to make..
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Music Of The Great Composers --