Felix Mendelssohn

The birth of Felix Mendelssohn

Feb 3, 1809

I was born on the third of febuary in the year of 1809 in Hamburg Germany to Abraham Mendelssohn who latter became a very wealthy banker

Moving year

Sep 9, 1812

My Family and I moved from Hamburg Germany to Berlin Germany.

The begining of my career (Piano)

Dec 12, 1815

I started to take piano lassons from my mother when i was at the age offive years old.

I was sent off to practice piano

Mar 8, 1816

I aws baptived this year to become a Luthren and also was sent to Paris to take lessons from Marie Bigot.

the begining of my fame

Jan 31, 1818

1818 (age 9)- I participated in a chamber music concert it was probably my first public concert appearance.

I start to perform

Jun 4, 1824

1824 (age 15) - I composed a Symphony in C minor (op. 11), my first symphony for full orchestra.

I was starting to become famus

Aug 28, 1826

1826 (age 17) - I composed an overture to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. This work and the String Octet are the best known works of music in my earlier compositions.

I start to make a name for myself

Apr 16, 1835

1835 (age 26) - I was appointed as conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

i become husband

Mar 28, 1837

1837 (age 28) - I marrie Cécile Jeanrenaud on March 28. I then go on to have five children: Carl, Marie, Paul, Lilli and Felix.

I star in a symphony

Oct 5, 1842

1842 (age 33) - I compose my now famous incidental music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I also composed the Scottish Symphpony (Symphony No. 3).

the end of my life and start of my fame

Nov 4, 1847

1847 (age 38) - I sudenly die in Leipzig on November 4th after a series of strokes. I am now buried in the Trinity Cemetery in Berlin-Kreuzberg.