Music at the Library: Fanny Mendelssohn - the Other Mendelssohn
Name:
Music at the Library: Fanny Mendelssohn - the Other Mendelssohn
Date:
November 30, 2018
Time:
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM MST
Website:
http://basaltlibrary.org
Event Description:
Discover details of the life of Fanny Mendelssohn, sister of Felix Mendelssohn, through a drama/concert performed by Karolina Syrovatkova. Fanny, whose skills as pianist, received highest praise, but she was rarely allowed to perform in public. Her reputation as a composer of songs, solo piano pieces, a piano trio, and opera represents female musical creativity of the highest order in the early 19th century.
