Arnold Mendelssohn

To be distinguished from his uncle Arnold Mendelssohn (1817-1850), elder son of Moses Mendelssohn's youngest son Nathan (1781-1852). See Mendelssohn family

Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn (Racibórz, 26 December 1855 – Darmstadt, 18 February 1933) was a German composer and music teacher.

Mendelssohn was born in the then Ratibor, Province of Silesia, son of Felix Mendelssohn's second cousin Wilhelm Mendelssohn (1821-1866) who had married in 1854 Louise Aimee Cauer (sister to Bertha Cauer). Arnold Ludwig himself married in 1885 his second cousin Maria Cauer, daughter of Carl Cauer (brother of Ludwig Cauer).^[1]

Arnold Ludwig was originally a lawyer before studying music, then was director of church music and a professor in Darmstadt. Paul Hindemith was one of his students. After his death his works were banned in Nazi Germany because of his Jewish heritage.^[2]

Works, editions and recordings

Mendelssohn composed chorale cantatas, three operas, and other works.

References

1. ^ Françoise Tillard Fanny Mendelssohn 1996 "The composer Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933), nephew of the doctor and son of his brother Wilhelm (1855-1933), once observed: "The Mendelssohn family's attitude to Uncle Arnold and Aunt Dorothea is typically Jewish: nobody must think of them."
2. ^ University of North Texas "The Lost Composers"

External links

• Free scores by Arnold Mendelssohn at the International Music Score Library Project
• Free scores by Arnold Mendelssohn in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Free scores by Arnold Mendelssohn in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Trio for 2 Violins & Piano, Op.76 sound-bites & discussion of work
• Video - Trio for 2 Violins & Piano, Op.76 I - Allegro
• Video - Trio for 2 Violins & Piano, Op.76 II - Adagio III - Menuet, un poco vivace
• Video - Trio for 2 Violins & Piano, Op.76 IV - Sostenuto, allegro non troppo