Music Of The Great Composers --

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldy--Part 10 Sir Julius benedict in his sketch on Mendelssohn writes: In society, apart from musical subjects, nothing could be more entertaining or animated than Mendelssohn's conversation on literary topics. The works of Shakespeare and other eminent British poets were quite as familiar to him as those of his own country, and although this accent was slightly tinctured by his German origin, he spoke as well as wrote the English language w..