Table of Contents
Preface to the First Edition and Acknowledgements xi
Acknowledgements for the Revised Edition xiii
Introduction to the Revised Edition xv
Problems and Potentials of Mendelssohn Scholarship xvii
Scholarship and Reception History Concerning the Musical Mendelssohns: A Brief Review xvii
About this Book xxi
Changes in the Revised Edition xxii
1 Life-and-Works Studies 1
Collections of Specialized Essays, Conference Reports 1
Surveys of Mendelssohn's Life and Works 6
Special Aspects of Mendelssohn's Biography 28
2 Studies of Individual Works and Repertoires 64
Secular Works 64
Stage Works 64
Orchestral Works 71
Accompanied Secular Choral Works 83
Concert Arias 88
Choral Songs 88
Songs and Vocal Duets 90
Chamber Music 94
Music for Solo Piano 99
Organ Music 103
Sacred Works 107
Oratorios 107
Chorale Cantatas 113
Psalm Settings 114
Other Accompanied Sacred Choral Works 116
Other Unaccompanied Sacred Choral Works 117
Arrangements and Editions of Other Composers' Works 118
3 General Studies of the Music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 121
General Surveys and Overviews 121
Mendelssohn and the Music of the Past 134
Secular Works 151
Sacred Works 159
Performance Practice 163
Compositional Process 168
4 Sociological and Cultural Studies 174
The Mendelssohn Family 174
Studies of Jewish Issues 184
Reception History 191
5 Memoirs, Recollections, and Editions of Letters 204
Memoirs and Recollections 204
Editions of Letters 213
6 Documentary Studies 228
Work-lists and Literature Concerning Collected-Works Editions 228
Bibliographies, Bibliographic Essays, Discographies, Chronologies, and Iconographies 231
The Mendelssohn Estate Nachlaβ 232
Documentary Inventories and Overviews of Editions, Exhibitions, Music Manuscripts, and Papers 233
Mendelssohn and the Visual Arts 244
The Mendelssohn Homes and Mendelssohn Monuments 245
Appendix: Introduction to Internet Resources 248
Archival Sources and Websites 248
Online Articles 250
Index of Mendelssohn's Compositions 253
Index of Authors 258
General Index 268
