Fanny Hensel was born Fanny Mendelssohn on November 14, 1805 – 216 years ago today – in Hamburg, Germany. Fanny’s mother had been taught in the traditional style of the great composer Johann Sebastian ...

A CONCERT in Chester will shine a spotlight on "girl power" from the 19th century. Two trailblazing female composers will be ...

Putting my own and others’ sincere bicentenary panegyrics aside, Felix Mendelssohn wrote not just admittedly splendid works, but also sugary Victorian church schmaltz. More than simply belonging to an ...

There’s a good chance you’ve heard of Felix Mendelssohn, the famed, wildly prolific 19th-century composer. But what about Fanny? This weekend, forgotten music written by Felix’s older sister Fanny ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn, is at the top of a scarily long list of women whose accomplishments have been outshone by titanic men close to them. Fanny was a wunderkind pianist and composer but, ...

Students from the St. Paul’s Choir School will be performing an original musical based on the life and repertoire of Fanny Hensel, a virtuoso pianist and composer who, until recently, remained in the ...

Join us on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. for Felix, Fanny and Frederic: Chopin and the Mendelssohns A dazzling pianist, accomplished violinist, composer, conductor, a gifted painter and a gymnast, Felix ...

Click to open image viewer. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The music ...

This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's ...