As We Enter the New Dark Ages Some Thoughts on Mendelssohn
Feliz Mendelssohn was a baptised Christian of Jewish heritage. We owe so much to him, his music, and not least to his "rediscovery" of J.S. Bach. We also salute his sister Fanny.
What has led me to Mendelssohn? 'Tis simple. Modern America bans books in our new dark ages.
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N-zi Germany banned Mendelsohn's music on account of his Jewish heritage.
n the 20th century the Nazi regime and its Reichsmusikkammer cited Mendelssohn's Jewish origin in banning performance and publication of his works, even asking Nazi-approved composers to rewrite incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Carl Orff obliged).[189] Under the Nazis, "Mendelssohn was presented as a dangerous 'accident' of music history, who played a decisive role in rendering German music in the 19th century 'degenerate'."[190] The German Mendelssohn Scholarship for students at the Leipzig Conservatoire was discontinued in 1934 (and not revived until 1963). The monument dedicated to Mendelssohn erected in Leipzig in 1892 was removed by the Nazis in 1936. A replacement was erected in 2008.[182] The bronze statue of Mendelssohn by Clemens Buscher outside the Düsseldorf Opera House was also removed and destroyed by the Nazis in 1936. A replacement was erected in 2012. Mendelssohn's grave remained unmolested during the Nazi years.[191][192
What no Mendelssohn? It is to him and to Mozart that I have been drawn post-election. Music is the food of Grace!
And what would a "traditional" wedding be without this
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