Notes on Mendelssohn: 20 Crucial Works - Conrad Wilson - Paperback

The "Notes on . . ." series by distinguished music critic Conrad Wilson illuminates the music of some of history's greatest composers in relation to their private lives. In each "Notes on . . ." volume Wilson selects twenty crucial works of a given composer, discusses these masterpieces with insight and verve, and explains why these particular works are fundamental to understanding the composer. As a bonus Wilson highlights choice recordings of the music he discusses. Meant for any general reader interested in music, these guidebooks are ideal for dipping into as well as reading straight through.Perhaps the greatest child prodigy in the history of Western music, Felix Mendelssohn nonetheless is frequently dismissed today as a classic case of creative burnout. Here Wilson claims that Mendelssohn's genius not only stayed intact but gained new intensity in the years before his premature death.Wilson, Conrad is the author of 'Notes on Mendelssohn: 20 Crucial Works - Conrad Wilson - Paperback' with ISBN 9780802829955 and ISBN 0802829953.