{"slug": "felix-mendelssohn", "label": "Felix Mendelssohn", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46096", "qid": "Q46096", "description": "German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1809, 1858], "span_label": ["1809 CE", "1858 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "franz-liszt", "label": "Franz Liszt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "queen-victoria", "label": "Queen Victoria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leipzig", "label": "Leipzig", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "johann-sebastian-bach", "label": "Johann Sebastian Bach", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1809, "year_label": "1809 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349276571#January–June", "title": "1809", "revid": 1349276571, "section": "Births › January–June"}}, {"year": 1826, "year_label": "1826 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 — The 17 year old composer Felix Mendelssohn completes the overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373386632#July–September", "title": "1826", "revid": 1373386632, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1829, "year_label": "1829 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – German composer Felix Mendelssohn conducts the first performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion since the latter's death in 1750, in Berlin; the success of this performance sparks a revival of interest in Bach.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371400114#January–March", "title": "1829", "revid": 1371400114, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1829, "year_label": "1829 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21– Popular German conductor Felix Mendelssohn begins his first of 10 visits to Britain, touring the island until November 28. This includes the first London performance of his concert overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, and his trip to Fingal's Cave.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371400114#April–June", "title": "1829", "revid": 1371400114, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1832, "year_label": "1832 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 — Frédéric Chopin made his highly anticipated Paris debut on at the Salle Pleyel. The concert featured his own Piano Concerto in E Minor and Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano', and was attended by the city's musical and cultural elite, including Franz Liszt and Felix Mendelssohn. The concert would catapult him as one of the most popular composers in not only Paris but all of Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370617764#January–March", "title": "1832", "revid": 1370617764, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – The Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn premieres in Leipzig, with Ferdinand David as soloist.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364939346#January–March", "title": "1845", "revid": 1364939346, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (b. 1809)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#July–December", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}, {"year": 1858, "year_label": "1858 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional, after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St James's Palace, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371625769#January–March", "title": "1858", "revid": 1371625769, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}