Fanny Mendelssohn was one of the greatest musicians of the 19th century. But because she was a woman, she had to fight for her music to be heard. She was born into a musical family – her mother taught ...

She draws a comparison between Fanny Mendelssohn and Jane Austen, another 19th-century woman who published her work anonymously. Three years older than Felix, Fanny shared and nurtured her brother ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, two sibling prodigies who were composers, pianists and conductors, and whose music had much in common ...

The talents of our Mendelssohn’s father lay elsewhere. He built up a powerful Hamburg bank and became a man of considerable wealth, while his wife provided the intellectual life of the family – a ...

Uncover the genius of Fanny Mendelssohn, sister to world-renowned composer Felix, as her story is finally told - and her musical masterpiece is truly appreciated. We ...