Aufforderung zum Tanze (Op. 65), 322
Euryanthe , 129, 130 , 145, 155, 219, 304, 508
Der Freischütz , 49, 64, 79–81, 125, 126, 131, 145, 170, 171, 188, 255, 297, 449, 499, 507, 508, 562
Grand duo concertante , clarinet and piano, E ♭ major (Op. 48), 112, 269
Jubel Overture (Op. 59), 298, 397, 453
Konzertstück , piano and orchestra, F minor (Op. 79), 80, 81, 125, 132 , 167, 207, 250, 259, 281, 360, 393, 442, 512
Oberon , 148, 161, 164, 165 , 167, 208, 297, 299, 315, 364, 425
Precisosa , 131, 169, 275, 584n43
Sonatas, piano, 167
No. 1, C major (Op. 24), 156
No. 4, E minor (Op. 70), 280
Was sag ich? (scene and aria for Cherubini’s Lodoïska ), 308
Weber, Caroline von née Brandt (1794–1852; singer, wife of C. M.), 512
Weber, Gottfried (1779–1839; theorist), 45, 177
Weber, Marianne (1870–1954; wife of Max), 323
Weber, Max (1864–1920; economist, sociologist), 323
Webern, Karl Emil von (1790–1878; Prussian general, violinist), 296
Wehner, Ralf (musicologist), 92
Weimar, 34, 36, 81, 83, 86, 102, 139, 146, 227, 269, 291, 335, 387, 390, 394–395, 412, 428, 434, 511, 520, 576n51
Weinlig, Christian Theodor (1780–1842; composer, organist), 285
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769–1852; British field-marshal, Prime Minister), 148, 209, 473
Weppler, —— (bass, 1829), 196
Werder, Karl (1806–1893; aesthetician), 469
Werner, Eric (1901–1988; musicologist), xxixxii, xxvii–xxviii, 50, 131–132, 208, 269, 277, 283, 361, 369, 468, 551–552, 553, 561
Werner, Jack (b. 1908; critic, musicologist), 551
Werner, Rudolf (b. 1876; musicologist), 92
Wesley, Charles (1707–1788; poet, theologian) “Hark! The herald angels sing,” 396
Wesley, Eliza (1819–1895; daughter of Samuel), 356
Wesley, Samuel (1766–1837; composer, organist), 356–357
Wessel & Stapleton (music publisher), 454
Westmoreland, John Fane, Earl of (1784–1859; statesman), 469
Wichmann, Ludwig Wilhelm (1788–1859; sculptor), 483
Wieck, Clara. See Schumann.
Wieck, Friedrich (1785–1873; music teacher, father of Clara), 254, 298, 394, 411
Wieland, Christoph Martin (1733–1813; dramatist, poet), 17, 161, 290
Wielhorski, Count Mateusz (1794–1866; Russian cellist and patron), 455
Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick (1806–1884), 383
Wilhelm II, Elector of Hesse-Kassel (1777–1847), 98
Wilkie, Sir David (1785–1841; painter), 209, 282
Willemer, Marianne von (1784–1860; poet, friend of Goethe), 84, 330, 354, 454, 605n129
William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1765–1837), 260, 352
Willis, Richard Storrs (1819–1900; American author), 494
Wilmsen, Friedrich Philipp (1770–1838; Berlin pastor), 155, 219
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim (1717–1768; archaeologist), 1, 319
Winter, Peter (1754–1825; composer), 281
Wölfl, Joseph (1773–1812; composer, pianist), 36
Wolf, Ernst Wilhelm (1735–1792; composer), 281
Wolff, Christian von (1679–1754; philosopher), 3
Wolff, Pius Alexander (1782–1828; actor), 120
Wordsworth, William (1770–1850; poet), 216, 560
Woringen, Elise von (b. 1807; daughter of Otto), 302
Woringen, Ferdinand von (1798–1896; tenor), 318, 603n36
Woringen, Otto von (1760–1838; Düsseldorf judge), 273, 275, 302, 317
Woringen, Rosa von (b. 1810; daughter of Otto), 350
Woringen family, 499
Zelter, Carl Friedrich (1758–1832; composer, conductor, teacher), 4, 11, 16, 17, 30, 31, 34, 38–57 passim, 61, 65, 67, 68, 71, 75, 80–93
passim, 96, 98, 100, 103, 104, 109, 116, 121, 122, 123, 124–125, 128, 129, 131, 134, 135, 141, 146, 147, 156, 157, 165, 166, 167, 171, 176, 180, 183, 185, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 201, 209, 211, 219, 230, 233, 249, 263, 264, 292, 363, 450, 524, 579n42, 579n45, 585n77, 590n72
Correspondence with Goethe, 30, 40, 46, 52, 81, 128, 183, 235, 291–292
“Es war ein König in Thule,” 277, 278
Lieder, 40–42, 48, 114
“Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt,” 41 , 46
Zelter, Doris (1792–1852; daughter of C. F.), 81, 84
Zeugheer, Jakob (1803–1865; Swiss composer, violinist), 560
Zimmermann, Johanna (singer, 1824), 124
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598?–1664; painter), 232
Zurich, 99, 441, 560
Zweibrücken, 478, 498
Lavater and Lessing Visit Moses Mendelssohn , by Moritz Oppenheim, 1856.
Monkey figurine from the estate of Moses Mendelssohn.
Portraits of Felix and his siblings (1816), showing Fanny (age 11), Felix (7), Paul (4), and Rebecka (5).
Oil sketch of Felix by Karl Begas, 1821.
Felix’s pen-and-ink drawing of Grindelwald Glacier, August 27, 1822.
Pencil drawing of Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy as Cecilia, patron saint of music, by Wilhelm Hensel, 1822.
Autograph of the Double Piano Concerto in A ♭ major, 1824.
Leipzigerstrasse No. 3, Berlin, as it appeared ca. 1890.
Felix’s drawing of Durham Cathedral, July 24, 1829.
Felix’s drawing Ein Blick auf die Hebriden , showing Dunollie Castle, Oban, and a view of Mull, August 7, 1829.
Felix’s watercolor of Amalfi, November 1836 (from a sketch of May 1831).
Felix’s honorary doctorate, University of Leipzig, March 1836.
Pencil drawing of Cécile Jeanrenaud, undated, by Philipp Veit.
Felix’s drawing of Birmingham, September 1840.
Felix’s drawing of a domestic scene, September 23, 1844.
Felix’s final residence on the Königstrasse (now Goldschmidtstrasse) in Leipzig, where his family moved in 1845.
Final autograph page of the full score of Elijah , dated in Leipzig on August 11, 1846.
Portrait of Fanny by Wilhelm Hensel, 1847.
Felix’s watercolor of Lucerne, July 2, 1847.
Sketch of Felix’s deathbed, by Wilhelm Hensel, November 6, 1847.
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