Reminiscences of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy a Social And Artistic Biography By

Polko, an important German novelist, poet, and musician of her day, studied singing under Felix Mendelssohn. Polko's work was originally published in 1869. The new unabridged re-publication of the English translation is therefore a valuable resource in that it represents primary source materials, including opinions and testimonies of many of Mendelssohn's well-known contemporaries. . . this is a significant reprint of a work that has established its niche in the literature of Mendelssohniana. .