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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
Lied ohne Worte für das Piano vierhändig (Song Without Words as a Piano Duet) 1847
30.4 x 23.0 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1047149
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
Lied ohne Worte fur das Piano vierhandig / von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1847
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
Lied ohne Worte fur das Piano vierhandig / von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1847
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
Lied ohne Worte fur das Piano vierhandig / von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1847
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47)
Lied ohne Worte fur das Piano vierhandig / von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1847
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Music manuscript, 5 pages
This is one of several pieces that Mendelssohn arranged for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to play together. The solo version was subsequently published as Opus 85, no. 6. Mendelssohn paid several informal visits to the royal couple from 1842 to 1847, and learnt that they enjoyed playing duet arrangements of the lyrical piano-solos he called 'Songs without words'. He sent this one to Prince Albert on 7 May 1847, on his last visit to London, in response to the Prince’s compliments on his oratorio Elijah.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010Provenance
Specially arranged by Mendelssohn for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to play together, and presented to Prince Albert by Mendelssohn on 7 May 1847
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30.4 x 23.0 cm (book measurement (conservation))
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Lied ohne Worte für das Piano vierhändig / von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
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