Crossword-Solution: MENDELSSOHN
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| Composer of Fingal's Cave. | 1 answer |
| German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works | 1 answer |
| He composed "Christmas Pieces." | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
ONEIOMT
Hint 3 another clue
A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with MENDELSSOHN (5)
That he could play pieces, and difficult pieces, I knew well, because at my request he has played me some of Mendelssohn’s Lieder, and other favourites.
Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs harmonic.
You see it all the way from Lew Fields to Sarah Bernhardt; from Mendelssohn to Irving Berlin; from Mischa Elman to Charlie Chaplin.
Mendelssohn was born 1770, died 1827 (Beethoven's dates), studied under Hadyn (_sic_), and that he composed many operas.
Returning from one of Mozart’s grand operas, splendidly performed at the Royal Theatre, he looked over his own, played a few of the best parts, sat staring at the busts of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Bach, who stared benignly back again.
Quotes with MENDELSSOHN (3)
What are we after when we open one of those books? What is it that makes a classic a classic? ... in old-fashioned terms, the answer is that it wll elevate your spirit. And that's why I can't take much stock in the idea of going through a list of books or 'covering' a fixed number of selections, or anyway striving for the blessed state of having read this, or the other. Having read a book means nothing. Reading a book may be the most tremendous experience of your life; having…
I’ve brought you some things from home,’ I said, gesturing at the bag on the floor. ‘Some clothes and books — things like that.’‘Books — great! That’ll make things easier. You know I can’t read worth a damn right now!’‘There’s also some music. Schubert’s fifth, Mendelssohn’s third, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, Mahler’s fourth — ’‘I would have preferred his sixth.’‘You’re not well enough for his sixth'.
But dogmatism — or the inclination "to identify the goal of our thinking with the point at which we have become tired of thinking" — is so natural to man that it is not likely to be a preserve of the past. [Citing Lessing's January 9, 1771 letter to Mendelssohn.]
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1946–1961).