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elleng

(130,964 posts) Mon Apr 13, 2020, 03:18 PM Apr 2020

Felix Mendelssohn Symphony #3 "Scottish"

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Felix Mendelssohn Symphony #3 "Scottish" (Original Post) elleng Apr 2020 OP

That's a beautiful Romantic era composition PJMcK Apr 2020 #1

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1. That's a beautiful Romantic era composition

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Mon Apr 13, 2020, 04:35 PM

Apr 2020

In college, I took a half-year course about Mendelssohn. Fascinating guy and a terrific melodist.

Two fun facts I recall about this Symphony. First, although it's referred to as his Third Symphony, it was actually the fifth (and final) symphony he would compose. It was the third of his symphonies to be published and the publisher called it the Third and it stuck. Second, it took Felix 12 years to complete and he apparently set it aside for quite some time before returning to finish it.

(Boy, I pulled those out of some dark corner of my memory!)

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