Great Composers, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Great Composers, Vol. 2: A Series of Biographical StudiesElix, the son of Abraham Mendelssohn and grandson of Moses Mendelssohn, the Jewish philosopher, was born at Hamburg, Germany, Pebru ary 3, 1809. Formerly, said Abraham Mendelssohn, after Felix became famous, I was my father's son, now I am my son's father.Notwithstanding his Jewish descent, Felix was baptized into the Lutheran community and educated as a Protestant. His father after much hesitation had embraced the Christian faith and at the same time, in accordance with German custom, taken an additional surname, that of Bartholdy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.