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ENUMCLAW, Wash., Nov. 18 /Standard Newswire/ -- The Broadway play and 1985 film "Amadeus" portrayed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a gifted but rather eccentric composer who wowed Europe as a child prodigy only to fall into poverty and die at a young age.
Felix Mendelssohn is often referred to as the Mozart of the 19th Century. The two are similar in many respects. Both were child prodigies who began composing and performing when most children their age were still playing with toys.
Like Mozart, Mendelssohn could play a number of instruments and amazed audiences with his compositions. He also died young. But, whereas no award-winning plays or movies were written about his life, in his youth Felix Mendelssohn actually surpassed Mozart in success, writing his Octet in E-flat at age sixteen and the still famous Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, at seventeen.
One great difference between the two geniuses was that Mendelssohn never suffered poverty. His family was well-to-do, and already in his early twenties Mendelssohn earned enough from his compositions for his livelihood, and received a modest salary as a music director throughout his life. He gained the respect of other musicians and world leaders, including Queen Victoria.
During a sabbatical in England, music professor Dr. Helen Martens discovered a great number of letters written to Mendelssohn from his family, friends, and business connections that had until the previous decade been in private possession. This find led her to research his life, his relationship with his remarkable family and later with the pianist Delphine von Schauroth. As soon as she learned about his relationship with Delphine she determined to write their story in novel form.
Through her story "Felix Mendelssohn: From the Depths of His Heart," Dr. Martens hopes to not only make Mendelssohn known as a musical genius and admirable human being, albeit with the proverbial warts; but also to acquaint readers with his extraordinary parents and siblings, his friends and particularly his complicated relationship with the- heretofore-virtually-unknown Delphine.
To order a copy of "Felix Mendelssohn: Out of the Depths of His Heart" visit www.annotationbooks.com or call 877-421-7323. For a review copy or to schedule an interview please contact Abigail Davidson at 360-802-9758 or abigail@winepressgroup.com.
