Die Familie Mendelssohn , xxii, xxviii, 4, 8, 19, 20, 30, 77, 122, 138, 176, 179, 185, 192, 193, 203, 322, 353, 557, 558, 564, 574n73
Hensel, Wilhelm (1794–1861; painter, brother-in-law), 32, 37, 75–77, 97, 103–104, 118–121, 138, 155, 192–193, 195, 196, 211, 212–213, 219, 220, 221, 235, 257, 284, 287, 292, 304, 308, 310, 329, 352, 353, 359, 365, 366, 370, 382, 402, 403, 427, 449, 453, 484, 486, 499, 523, 557, 558, 567, 573n64,
Portraits of: Abraham, 404
Fanny, 103–104, 193, 212, 542, 573n64, 592n152
plates 6, 18
Felix, 103, 202, 211, 212–213, 403, 483, 567, plate 20
Henselt, Adolf (1814–1889; composer, pianist), 37, 249, 360, 414, 449
Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744–1803; critic, philosopher), 83
Hermann, Jakob Zeugheer. See Zeugheer.
Herz, Henri (1803–1888; Austrian composer, pianist, teacher), 143, 251
Herz, Henriette de Lemos (1764–1847; correspondent of Schleiermacher), 13, 20, 21
Herz, Jacques Simon (1794–1880; pianist), 143
Heydemann, Albert Gustav (1808–1877; friend), 213
Heydemann, Ludwig Eduard (1805–1874; law student), 126, 129, 177
Heyse, Carl Wilhelm Ludwig (1797–1855; philologist, tutor), 34, 47, 71, 72, 97, 99, 121, 132, 154, 171, 579n29
Heyse, Julie née Salomon (later Saaling) (1787–1864; cousin), 97
Heyse, Paul von (1830–1914; writer), 34
Hildebrandt, Theodor (1804–1874; painter), 236, 245, 292, 293, 309
Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179; abbess, composer), 354
Hill, Ureli Corelli (1802–1875; American conductor, violinist), 486
Hiller, Antolka née Hogé (1820–1896; singer, wife of Ferdinand), 441
Hiller, Ferdinand (1811–1885; composer, conductor), 98, 101, 122, 145, 177, 238, 252, 253, 295, 318, 320, 321, 325, 328, 329, 348, 352, 361, 377–378, 384, 385, 388, 390, 392, 393, 394, 403, 441, 442, 448, 458, 464, 471, 551
Hiller, Johann Adam (1728–1804; composer), 82, 307, 450
Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945; German chancellor and Führer), xxi
Hitzig, Julius Eduard (olim Isaac Itzig) (1780–1849; cousin), 14
Hölty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph (1748–1776; poet) Die Schiffende , 335
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus (1776–1822; composer, critic, writer), 37, 79, 87, 127, 577n73
Hoffmann, Heinrich (1809–1894; author), 376, 560
Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August Heinrich (1798–1874; poet), 175, 476, 477
Hofmeister, Friedrich (1782–1864; music publisher), 227
Hogarth, George (1783–1870; critic), 214, 356
Hogarth, William (1697–1764; painter, engraver), 99
Holtei, Karl von (1798–1880; poet, dramatist), 173, 174, 179, 227, 354, 411
Homer (ancient Greek poet), 17, 71, 121, 131, 364, 392
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65–8 B.C.; poet), 2, 154–155, 189
Horchheim, 177, 284, 325, 355, 358, 380, 382, 529, 605n106
Horn, Wilhelm (1803–1871; London friend), 203
Horsfall, Charles M. (b. 1865; painter), 75
Horsley, Charles Edward (1822–1876; composer), 412, 473, 527
Horsley, Francis Arabella (Fanny). See Thompson.
Horsley, Mary. See Brunel.
Horsley, Sophia Hutchins (Sophy) (1819–1894), 283, 412
Horsley, William (1774–1858; composer), 204, 219, 258, 265, 412, 474
Howard, Samuel Rudolf (1808–1890; Leipzig pastor), 568
Hübner, Julius (1806–1882; painter), 236, 286, 292, 384, 452, 490, 567
Hugo, Victor (1802–1885; author), 227, 373–374, 486
Hullah, John (1812–1884; choral conductor, composer), 517
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von (1769–1859; naturalist, statesman), 18, 29, 126, 165, 171, 186–187, 188, 192, 209, 574n100
Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von (1767–1835; diplomat, philologist), 12, 36, 165, 171, 574n100
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778–1837; composer, pianist), 57, 68, 73, 84, 86, 93, 94–95 , 129, 134, 143, 167, 229, 259, 275, 296, 395, 512
Hunt, Leigh (1784–1859; essayist, poet), 214
Immermann, Karl Leberecht (1796–1840; author), 15, 250–251, 265, 272, 274, 284, 287, 297, 298, 299–300
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique (1780–1867; painter, violinist), 126, 403
Interlaken, 100, 248, 440, 558, 560
Irving, Washington (1783–1859; American author), 493
Isaac, Blümchen (daughter of Moses), 13
Isaac, Moses (Moses Isaac-Fliess, 1708–1776; banker), 13–14
Itzig, Bella. See Salomon.
Itzig, Benjamin D. (1756–1833; great uncle), 121
Itzig, Cäcilie. See Eskeles.
Itzig, Daniel (1723–1799; banker, great-grandfather), 8–9, 12, 13, 14, 19
Itzig, Fanny. See Arnstein.
Itzig, Henriette. See Mendelssohn.
Itzig, Isaac. See Hitzig.
Itzig, Isaac Daniel (1750–1806; great uncle), 9
Itzig, Sarah. See Levy.
Itzig & Co. (Berlin bank), 16
Ivanov, Nicolai (1810–1880; Russian tenor), 247
J. & A. Mendelssohn (Berlin firm, 1804), 18, 31, 33, 89–90
Jacoby, Johann (1805–1877; pamphleteer, physician) Vier Fragen , 406–407
Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig (1778–1852; gymnast), 34, 49, 51
Jahn, Otto (1813–1869; musicologist), 548, 552, 555, 567
Jarocki, Feliks Pawel (1790–1865; Polish zoologist), 187
Jeanrenaud, Auguste (1788–1819; Huguenot pastor, father of Cécile), 102, 324, 472
Jeanrenaud, Cécile. See Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Jeanrenaud, Elisabeth Wilhelmina née Souchay (1796–1871; Cécile’s mother), 317, 321, 324, 335–336, 347, 350, 351, 354, 472
Jeanrenaud, Julie (Cécile’s sister). See Schunck.
Jeanrenaud family, 329, 330, 335, 375, 494, 532
Jewish Civil Disabilities Act (Great Britain; 1833), 283
Jews, 2–3, 5, 6, 8–9, 12, 16, 28, 30, 50, 177, 283, 314, 381, 430, 556. See also Assimilation; Judaism
laws regarding, 3, 5, 12–13, 15, 17, 31, 183, 283
Joachim, Joseph (1831–1907; Hungarian composer, conductor, violinist), 457–458, 471, 473, 525, 540, 542, 564, 584n29
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658–1716), 299
John the Baptist, Saint, 391, 395–396, 522, 553
Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784; lexicographer), 216
Johnston, Sir Alexander (1775–1849; British official in Ceylon), 208, 213
Jourdan, Paul (musicologist), 226
Judaism, xxiv, xxviii, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 77, 139, 183, 226, 239–240, 267, 270, 302, 337, 338, 380, 419, 430, 551–552, 556, 580n52. See also Assimilation; Jews.
Kalkbrenner, Frédéric (1785–1849; composer, pianist), 57, 112, 117, 143, 228, 251, 253, 327, 414
Kalliwoda, Johann Wenzel (1801–1866; Bohemian composer, violinist), 387, 410
Kant, Immanuel (1724–1804; philosopher), 5, 7–8
Kaselowsky, August Theodor (1810–1891; painter), 403
Kaskel, Baron Karl von (1797–1874; Dresden banker, art patron), 129
Kassel. See Cassel.
Kaufmann, Philipp (1802–1846; poet), 335
Keats, John (1795–1821; poet), 216, 235
Keil, Johann Georg (1781–1857; Leipzig Hofrat), 451
Kemble, Adelaide. See Sartoris.
Kemble, Charles (1775–1854; actor), 209, 219, 359
Kemble, Frances Anne (Fanny) (1809–1893; actress, daughter of Charles), 359, 438
Kent, Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of (1786–1861; mother of Queen Victoria), 439
Keudell, Robert von (1824–1903; diplomat, pianist), 523, 524
Kiesewetter, Raphael Georg (1773–1850; music historian), 231
Kind, L. W. (London physician, 1829), 219
Kinkel, Johanna née Mockel (1810–1858; singer), 536
; Kirchner, Theodor Fürchtegott (1823–1903; composer, organist), 450
Kirnberger, Johann Philipp (1721–1783; composer, theorist), 4, 17, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46, 53, 54, 123
Kistner, Carl Friedrich (1797–1844; Leipzig music publisher), 303, 309, 370, 373, 416, 451
Kittel, Johann Christian (1732–1809; organist, teacher, pupil of J. S. Bach), 59, 98
Kittl, Johann Friedrich (1806–1868; composer), 387
Klein, Bernhard (1793–1832; composer), 42, 43, 134
Klein, Elisabeth (Lili) née Parthey (1800–1829; singer), 120
Kleist, Heinrich von (1777–1811; writer), 297, 298, 486, 577n73
Kliem, Manfried (musicologist), 73
Klingemann, August (1777–1831; possible Camacho librettist), 168
Klingemann, Karl (1798–1862; diplomat, friend), 126, 138, 155, 164, 165, 166, 168, 179, 185, 188, 191, 194, 202, 203, 205, 210–223 passim, 258, 265, 275, 282, 289, 290, 317, 318, 319, 326, 330, 338, 339, 352, 354, 355, 357, 358, 359, 363, 371, 375, 376, 387, 390–391, 398, 418, 424, 436, 439, 440, 472, 476, 477, 483, 490, 525, 533, 540, 542, 547, 565
Klingemann, Karl, Jr. (1859–1946), 126
Klingemann, Sophie née Rosen (1822–1891; wife of Karl), 491
Kloss, Carl (1790–1853; Dresden musician), 363
Knaur, Hermann Immanuel August (1811–1872; death mask maker), 567
Knepler, Georg (b. 1906; musicologist), 562–563
Knox, John (1501–1572; Scottish reformer), 228
Köchel, Ludwig von (1800–1877; Austrian music historian), 101
Köln. See Cologne.
Köstlin, Josephine née Lang (1815–1880; composer, singer), 228, 249
Konold, Wulf (musicologist), 277
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897–1957; composer), xxi
Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von (1761–1819; diplomat, dramatist), 17, 49, 50, 290
Kramer, Lawrence (b. 1946; musicologist), 270
Krebs, Johann (d. 1846; servant), 533
Kreutzer, Conradin (1780–1849; composer) Melusine , 276
Kreutzer, Rodolphe (1766–1832; composer, violinist), 71, 96, 143
Krüger, Eduard (1807–1885; conductor, music critic), 232
Krummacher, Friedhelm (b. 1936; musicologist), 563
Krummacher, Friedrich Wilhelm (1796–1868; preacher) Elijah the Tishbite , 554
Küchelbecker, Wilhelm Karlowitsch (1797–1846; colleague of Pushkin), 74, 75
Kühnau, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm (1780–1848; composer), 53
Küstner, Karl Theodor (1784–1864; jurist, theater director), 442, 456
Lachner, Franz Paul (1803–1890; composer, conductor), 231, 328
Lacordaire, Jean Baptiste (1802–1861; Dominican), 403
Lafont, Charles Philippe (1781–1839; composer), 143
La Motte-Fouqué, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Karl de (1777–1843; writer), 127, 227
Lampadius, Wilhelm Adolf (1812–1892; biographer, singer), 336, 338, 539
Lang, Josephine. See Köstlin.
Lansdowne, Sir Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquis of (1780–1863), 209
Lasso, Orlando di (1532–1594; composer), 285, 286, 517
Lattner, Konrad Philipp (1793–1853; Bavarian actor, author, singer), 542
Latzel, Johannes (school rector Bad Reinerz, 1823), 122
Laue, Friedrich (Berlin music publisher), 159, 171
Lauska, Franz Seraphicus (1764–1825; Moravian piano teacher), 37
Lavater, Johann Kaspar (1741–1801; poet, mystic), 5–6, plate 1
Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769–1830; painter), 209
Leibniz, Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von (1646–1716; philosopher), 3, 5
Leipzig, xxix, 82, 83, 89, 98, 127, 167, 170, 222, 227, 284, 285, 296, 298, 302–311 passim, 317, 318, 319, 326, 327, 328, 329, 335, 336, 347, 352, 358, 363, 370, 374, 382, 384, 385, 392, 394, 395, 401–408 passim, 412, 418, 425, 428, 430, 431, 435, 440–451 passim, 456, 457, 464, 471, 481, 483, 484, 485, 487, 499, 500, 501, 508, 509, 511, 513, 514, 515, 521, 523, 524, 529, 533, 536, 539, 540, 542, 555, 564, 567, 574n78
Abendunterhaltungen , 388, 405, 409, 425, 464, 499–500, 509
Bach Monument (1843), 401, 409, 412, 452
Conservatory, xxii, xxiii, 112, 395, 406, 408, 409, 444–445, 448, 450–451, 493, 498, 500, 512, 532, 538, 564, 567, 568
Gewandhaus, xxi, 28, 82, 294, 298, 303, 306, 307, 308, 311, 313–315, 316, 321, 327, 328, 335, 354, 356, 359, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 375, 380, 384, 385, 387, 389, 391, 392, 393, 395, 404, 405, 409, 417, 418, 425, 430, 431, 442–451 passim, 458, 464, 471, 498–499, 500, 508–509, 511, 512, 521, 532, 538, 539, 540, 564, 567, 586n135
Gutenberg Festival (1840), 390, 391, 395–397
Liedertafel, 335, 385
Nikolaikirche, 82
Paulinerkirche, 82, 327, 335, 337, 359, 539, 567, 568
Theater, 373, 420, 430, 564
Thomanerchor, 82, 452, 567
Thomaskirche, 82, 306, 307, 359, 395, 397, 401, 411, 450, 453, 521
Thomasschule, 82, 303, 401, 445, 452
University, 303, 315, 395, 567, plate 12
Leipzig, Battle of (1813), 32, 49, 137, 566
Lenau, Nikolaus (1802–1850; poet), 375, 477, 509, 564
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729–1781; critic, dramatist), 1–2, 4, 7, 8, 77, 297, 310, 484, 577n79, plate 1
Lessing, Karl Friedrich (1808–1880; painter), 490
Lesueur, Jean-François (1760–1837; composer), 143
Levezow, Konrad (1770–1835; archaeologist, poet), 185, 186
Levin, Rahel. See Varnhagen von Ense.
Levy, Sarah née Itzig (1761–1854; great aunt), 9, 10–11, 46, 96, 123, 458, 574n83
Levy, Solomon (banker, great uncle), 10
Lewald, Fanny (1811–1889; novelist), 4, 10
Lichtenstein, Baron Karl August von (1767–1845; possible Camacho librettist), 168, 264
Lichtenstein, Martin Heinrich Karl (1780–1857; zoologist), 172
Liège, 358, 436, 493, 514, 517
Ligne, Prince Charles Joseph de (1735–1814; diplomat, soldier), 32
Lind, Jenny (Jenny Goldschmidt, 1820–1887; Swedish soprano), 27–28, 483, 485, 500, 507, 508, 509, 511, 513, 514, 515–516, 540–541, 545, 547, 560, 561, 620n55
FMB on, 483, 507
Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik (1801–1878; Swedish composer), 156, 178, 221, 321
Lindenau, Leopold (1806–1859; violinist), 126, 202
Lindley, Robert (1776–1855; cellist), 207
Lindpaintner, Peter Josef von (1791–1856; composer, conductor), 177, 328
Lipiński, Karol Józef (1790–1861; Polish violinist), 327, 410
List, Elise (1822–1893; singer), 405
Liste, Anton Heinrich (1772–1832; composer), 99
Liszt, Franz (1811–1886; composer, pianist), xxiii, 127, 143, 252, 253, 307, 334, 377, 383, 391–393, 414, 435, 436, 471, 473, 520
Années de pèlerinage , 99, 246–247
Concerto, piano, No. 1, E ♭ major, 360
FMB on, 144, 300, 392, 393, 429, 512
Fantasy on Meyerbeer Les Huguenots , 393
Paraphrases of Donizetti and Meyerbeer, 391
Transcription of Beethoven Pastoral Symphony, 392
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