MENDELSSOHN, Felix 1809-1847

[Op. 82]. Andante with Variations, [Piano solo]

in E flat major for the Pianoforte, Op. 82 Posth: Works, No. 10

London: Ewer & Co., [1850].

Folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto title within decorative borderprinted in light red, verso blank), 13 [i] (blank) pp. Engraved.

Small embossed stamp of English musicseller Etherington to foot of title.

Minor offsetting.

First English edition. MWV U 158, p. 344. Not in Krause or Hoboken. Ward Jones III, 771.

One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies, Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s, as conductor, pianist, organist and, above all, composer. His musical style, fully developed before he was 20, drew upon a variety of influences, including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach, the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber.

Mendelssohn’s emergence into the first rank of 19th-century German composers coincided with efforts by music historiographers to develop the concept of a Classic–Romantic dialectic in 18th and 19th-century music. To a large degree, his music reflects a fundamental tension between Classicism and Romanticism in the generation of German composers after Beethoven." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online.

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