Mendelssohn on music: The Pocket University 11 September 2023
A composer waxes philosophic on popularity, childhood, and what makes music music.
Today’s entry are some short and simple musings on music and education.
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy writes on “his aims as composer” to concertmeister Ferdinand David in 1838; the “musical education” of the son of Professor Naumann in 1839; and the “meaning of music” to Herr Marc Andre Souchay in 1842.
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