Prussian Kapellmeister, 418, 424, 442
and publishers, 109, 250, 262, 282, 325, 358, 370, 389–390, 404, 407, 414, 424, 441, 454, 469, 478, 515, 530, 537
reception, contemporary, xx, xxii, xxiii, 397, 510, 547
reception, posthumous, xx-xxii, xxiv-xxix, 510, 547
religion/spirituality, xxviii, 30, 173, 197–198, 238, 241, 243, 247, 267, 283, 296, 302, 338, 344, 381, 468, 507, 551, 556
residences, Berlin:
Leipzigerstrasse No. 3, 136–138, 155, 188, 194, 219, 220, 222, 306, 394, 420, 458, 471, 484, 536, 540, 542, 557, 564, plate 8
Markgrafenstraße No. 48, 31, 73, 167
Neue Promenade No. 7, 31, 68, 73, 93, 117, 124, 136
residences, Frankfurt—— (1844), 483
Bockenheimer Gasse, 494
Schelble’s home, 321
residences, Hamburg:
Große Michaelisstraße No. 14, 27–28
residences, Leipzig:
Königstrasse No. 3, 499, 510, 564, 567, 571n3, plate 16
Lurgensteins Garten, 358, 409, 471
Reichels Garten, 306, 307
residences, London:
35 Bury Street, St. James’s, 219
Eaton Square (Klingemann’s home), 355, 472
103 Great Portland Street, 203, 204, 205, 258, 274, 282, 284
residences, Neumühlen:
Marten’s Mill, 28
residences, Rome:
Piazza di Spagna No. 5, 235
reviser of own works, 106, 258, 259, 260, 269, 276, 288, 289, 293, 294, 303, 311–312, 318, 321, 365, 372, 373, 380, 389, 398, 406, 434, 445, 447, 522, 537, 561
and Saxon court, 409, 443, 444, 450, 453, 456, 485, 498–499, 512, 538
Saxon Kapellmeister, 409, 444, 498
as singer, 55, 74, 274, 361
statues, xx-xxi as teacher, 122, 292, 325, 327, 412, 448, 451, 486, 512–513
as translator, 154–155, 243, 287, 390, 408, 420, 516
as violinist, 45, 101, 141, 156, 161, 167, 206, 268, 315, 392, 464, 521
as violist, 206, 388, 392, 510, 521
Weber influences, 105, 110, 112, 125, 126, 129–131, 132, 159, 170, 173, 188, 250, 259, 266, 293, 561–562
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix August Eduard (1843–1851; son), 452, 453, 485, 486
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Hugo von (1894–1975; banker), 614n105
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Katharine. See Schelske.
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Lea Felicia Pauline (Lilla) née Salomon (1777–1842; mother), 9, 14, 15, 17–18, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 42, 45, 49, 61, 64, 67, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 82, 97, 99, 102, 103–104, 117–123 passim, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 146, 155, 173, 179, 184, 189, 191, 193, 212, 214, 219, 220, 222, 229, 230, 239, 246, 290, 294, 299, 304, 306, 309, 311, 315, 318, 320, 321, 323, 325, 328, 329, 335–336, 348, 352, 363, 376, 380, 384, 394, 396, 401, 408, 439, 440, 443, 445, 446, 447, 452, 568, 592n8
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Lili. See Wach.
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Marie Helene Pauline. See Benecke.
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Paul Felix Abraham (1841–1880; son), 409
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Paul Hermann (1812–1874; banker, cellist, brother), xxviii, 31, 33, 34, 71–72, 97, 121, 191, 195, 213, 221, 234, 246, 289, 311, 318, 327, 328, 348, 363, 365, 367, 384, 394, 401, 403, 407, 408, 411, 418, 425, 435, 438, 439, 440, 445, 446, 447, 449, 455, 456, 458, 486, 499, 528, 541, 555, 557, 558, 566, 567, plate 3
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rebecka Henriette. See Dirichlet.
Menuhin, Sir Yehudi (1916–1999; violinist), 95, 366
Mercadante, Saverio (1795–1870; composer), 295, 364, 384
Mercer-Taylor, Peter Jameson (musicologist), 434
Merk, Joseph (1795–1852; Viennese cellist), 231, 314
Messow, Johann Christoph (b. 1762; Berlin school director), 33
Metastasio, Pietro (1698–1782; poet, librettist), 147, 293, 391
Metternich, Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von (1773–1859; Austrian statesman), 49, 50, 230, 372
Metzger, Heinz-Klaus, 270
Meyer, Henrietta. See Mendelssohn.
Meyer, Leopold de (1816–1883; Austrian pianist), 545
Meyer, Mendel (d. 1841; Mecklenburg duchy agent, uncle), 18
Meyer, Nathan (1740–1814; father-in-law of Joseph Mendelssohn), 573n67
Meyer, Rebecka. See Beer.
Meyer, Recha (Rebecca) née Mendelssohn (1767–1831; aunt), 2, 18
Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791–1864; composer), 12, 18, 37, 43, 117, 127, 145, 251–252, 258, 284–285, 304, 336–337, 391, 410, 419, 428, 429, 430, 435, 436, 456, 513, 547, 557
Meyerbeer, Minna née Mosson (1804–1886; wife of Giacomo), 501
Michel, Peter (Swiss guide), 441
Mickiewicz, Adam (1798–1855; Polish poet), 84
Milan, 246, 247, 403, 487
Milder-Hauptmann, Anna (1785–1838; soprano), 103, 129, 184, 185, 195, 196, 211, 268
Möser, Karl (1774–1851; composer, violinist), 117, 156, 268
Moke, Camille. See Pleyel.
Molique, Bernhard (1802–1869; composer, violinist), 328, 410, 464
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de (1689–1755; political philosopher), 6
Moore, Joseph (1766–1851; Birmingham benefactor), 357, 403, 475, 527
Moore, Thomas (1779–1852; Irish poet), 76, 210, 214, 443, 469
Mori, Nicolas (1796/7–1839; music publisher, violinist), 259, 280, 357
Moriani, Napoleone (1806/8–1878; tenor), 469
Moscheles, Charlotte née Embden (1805–1889; wife of Ignaz), 134, 203, 214, 265, 289, 308, 360, 404, 540, 564, 565
Moscheles, Felix (1833–1917; son of Ignaz), 272, 282, 375, 540
Moscheles, Ignaz (1794–1870; composer, conductor, pianist), 112, 133–135, 156, 201–207 passim, 210, 214, 231, 258, 259, 260, 262, 268, 275 , 276, 280, 282, 288, 289, 293, 308, 309, 311, 356, 372, 383, 384, 388, 403, 404, 405, 408, 414, 436, 438, 444, 445, 473, 475, 498, 512, 527, 528, 529, 532, 533, 536, 537, 538, 540, 564, 566, 567, 568, 599n47
Mosel, Ignaz Franz von (1772–1844; composer, conductor), 327
Mosewius, Johann Theodor (1788–1858; conductor), 384
Mounsey, Elizabeth (1819–1905; organist), 404, 437
Mozart, Carl Thomas (1784–1858; son of W. A.), 247
Mozart, Constanze née Weber (1762–1842; soprano, wife of W. A.), 101, 231
Mozart, Franz Xaver Wolfgang (1791–1844; composer, pianist, son of W. A.), 74
Mozart, Leopold (1719–1787; composer, violinist, father of W. A.), 48, 180
Mozart, Nannerl (1751–1829; pianist, sister of W. A.), 48
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–1791; composer), xix, xx, 10, 12, 35, 43, 48–49, 57, 61, 62, 64, 86, 87, 89, 94, 95, 101, 106, 110, 113, 116, 122, 125, 127, 131, 134, 143, 145, 148, 157, 179, 202, 204, 223, 231, 240, 265, 266, 296, 307, 313, 320, 329, 364, 383, 388, 405, 410, 449, 513, 515, 516, 528, 538. See also under FMB.
Arrangement of Handel’s Messiah (K.572), 327, 359, 375
Ave verum (K.618), 144
La clemenza di Tito , 315, 359, 410
Concertos, piano, 254
D minor (K.466), 268, 276, 314, 315, 410
C minor (K.491), 135, 268, 364
Concerto, 2 pianos, E ♭ major (K.365), 259, 388
Così fan tutte , 315, 509
Davidde penitente (K.469), 317
Don Giovanni , 64, 66, 70, 88, 237, 247, 287, 297, 299, 315, 322, 507, 508
Die Entführung aus dem Serail , 66, 129, 297
Fugue, 2 pianos, C minor (K.426), 93–94
Italian concert arias, 294
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte ), 247, 284, 296, 297, 314, 464
The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro ), 66, 70, 88, 169, 249, 508
Masses, 296
Non più, tutti ascoltai (K.490), 410
Quartet, piano, G minor (K.478), 60, 104–105, 405
Quartet, piano, E ♭ major (K.493), 60, 104–105
Quartets, strings, 315
G major (K.387), 11
6
C major (K.465, Dissonance ), 106
Quintet, glass harmonica, C minor (K.617), 388
Quintet, strings, G minor (K.516), 473
Requiem (K.626), 74, 135, 141–142 , 296, 520
Sonata, piano, C minor (K.457), 105
Sonata, 2 pianos, D major (K.448), 48, 309
Sonata, violin, G major (K.301), 70
Sonata, violin, C minor (K.396; fragment), 88
Symphonies, 106, 315, 358, 366, 464, 515
No. 1, E ♭ major (K.16), 48
No. 40, G minor (K.550), 57, 392, 538
No. 41, C major (K.551, Jupiter ), 70, 82–83, 106 –108, 149, 342, 410
Trio, piano, clarinet, viola, E ♭ major (K.498, Kegelstadt ), 60
Mühlenfels, Ludwig von (1798–1861; professor), 204
Müller, August Eberhard (1767–1817; composer, conductor), 82
Müller, C. H. (Cäcilienverein archivist, 1925), 102
Müller, C. R. (Prussian privy minister, 1845), 492
Müller, Carl (b. 1787; painter), 441
Müller, Friedrich Max (1823–1900; singer, son of Wilhelm), 329
Müller, Wilhelm (1794–1827; poet), 37–38, 79, 103, 118, 147, 227, 290
Müthel, Johann Gottfried (1728–1788; composer), 96
Munich, 201, 228, 230, 232, 234, 247, 248, 249, 250, 303, 595n7
Munktell, Johann Henrik (1804–1861; amateur pianist), 220
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617–1682; painter), 241
Naples, 236, 239, 244–246
Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821), 10, 14–15, 17, 19, 28–29, 31–33, 42, 49, 73, 81, 124, 137, 140, 233, 237, 261, 573n70
Nathan, Isaac (1790–1864; composer) Hebrew Melodies , 301, 302
Naumann, Emil (1827–1888; composer, music scholar), 450–451, 515
Nazarene Brotherhood (artists). See German Nazarenes.
Nazis, xx-xxi, 28, 33, 198
Neate, Charles (1784–1877; cellist, pianist), 204, 210, 356
Neithardt, Heinrich August (1793–1861; composer, conductor), 450
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758–1805; English vice-admiral), 12
Neuburg, Simon Johann Georg (1775–1838; physician), 97
Neukomm, Sigismund (1778–1858; composer), 143, 203, 357
Neumark, George (1621–1681; composer, poet), 210
New York City, xxix, 113, 319, 486, 493
Nichelmann, Christoph (1717–1761/2; composer), 96
Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (1796–1855), 76, 327, 405
Nicholson, Charles (1795–1837; flutist), 207
Nicolai, Otto (1810–1849; composer), 43
Nicolai, Philipp (1556–1608; poet, theologian) “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern,” 556
Niecks, Friedrich (1845–1924; musicologist), xxix North German Musical Festival (1840: Schwerin), 390, 401
Nottebohm, Gustav (1817–1882; composer, musicologist), 451
Novalis (Baron Friedrich von Hardenberg, 1772–1801; poet), 21, 84
Novello, Clara Anastasia (1818–1908; soprano, daughter of Vincent), 204, 356, 358, 359, 361, 362, 370, 375–376, 389
Novello, Emma Aloysia (1814–?1880; daughter of Vincent), 359
Novello, Joseph Alfred (1810–1896; publisher, son of Vincent), 282, 325, 327, 356, 357, 389–390, 404, 542
Novello, Mary Sabilla née Hehl (ca. 1789–1854; wife of Vincent), 359
Novello, Vincent (1781–1861; composer, organist, publisher), 204, 262, 265, 282, 283, 359, 606n9
Oban, 213, 215, 216, plate 10
O’Connell, Daniel (1775–1847; Irish politician), 209
O’Connell, John (1810–1858; Irish politician), 475
Offenbach, Jacques (1819–1880; cellist, composer), 473
Ohm, Georg Simon (1787–1854; physicist), 192
Onslow, Sir Edward (1758–1829; father of Georges), 587n29
Onslow, Georges (1784–1853; composer), 142–143, 388, 516
Oppenheim, Moritz Daniel (1800–1882; painter), 8, plate 1
Oppenheimer, Samuel (1635–1703; banker), 4
Orchestra size(s), 221, 281, 287, 304, 307, 308, 317, 366, 376, 394, 396, 435, 440, 449, 469, 486, 515, 527, 544
Organ(s), 101, 201–202, 204, 216, 228, 232, 249, 259, 296, 298, 304, 326, 327–328, 331, 340, 348, 349, 351, 354, 356, 357, 358, 362, 363, 366, 375, 383, 398, 401, 404, 437–438, 439, 441, 451, 453, 465, 468, 475, 476, 487, 488, 493, 527, 529, 538, 547, 558, 559, 560, 568, 606n9, 624n96
Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway (1799–1859), 352, 367
Ossian (3rd cent. warrior/bard), 83, 211, 215, 216, 243, 260, 261, 364, 431, 432, 438, 450, 513, 526
Ottmer, Carl Theodor (1800–1843; architect), 138, 166
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich (1789–1869; engraver, painter), 236, 237
Pacini, Giovanni (1796–1867; composer), 513
Paganini, Nicolò (1782–1840; composer, violinist), 35, 196, 202, 258, 275, 307, 314, 359, 405, 435, 540
Paine & Hopkins (London music publisher), 208
Paisiello, Giovanni (1740–1816; composer), 140, 231
Palatinate Music Festival (11th: 1844: Zweibrücken), 478, 498
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525 or 6–1594; composer), 177, 180, 181, 225, 231, 235, 236, 240, 242, 243, 285, 286, 441, 466, 517, 530, 559
Paris, 17, 18, 19, 22, 29–35 passim, 49, 51, 65, 74, 126, 134, 139–140, 142, 143–145, 148, 184, 188, 201, 203, 204, 228, 238, 239, 240, 244, 246, 247, 251, 252, 253, 254, 258, 261, 262, 269, 295, 304, 310, 334, 377, 392, 394, 405, 487, 516
Chapelle royale , 141
Concert de la Loge Olympique , 143
Concert spirituel , 143
Conservatoire, 35, 117, 140–141, 143, 237, 238, 254, 464
Eglise de St. Vincent-de-Paul, 254
Louvre, 76
Opéra, 140, 142, 143, 144, 424
Théâtre de l’Odéon, 145
Théâtre Feydeau, 144
Théâtre-Italien, 143, 144
Parish-Alvars, Elias (1808–1849; English composer, harpist), 430, 473, 511
Pasta, Giuditta (1797–1865; soprano), 144, 203
Paul, Jean (Jean Paul Friedrich Richter). See Richter.
Peel, Sir Robert (1788–1850; English statesman, Prime Minister), 209, 438
Pereira Arnstein, Henriette von (1780–1859; cousin), 12, 29, 74, 138, 230
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710–1736; composer), 296
Perry, George Frederick (1793–1862; composer, violinist), 544, 624n95
Perugino, Il (Pietro Vannucci, 1446–1523; painter), 246
Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich (1746–1827; Swiss educational reformer), 69
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