Mendelssohn in performance

Exploring many aspects of Mendelssohn's multi-faceted career as musician and how it intersects with his work as composer, this work discusses practical issues of music making such as: performance space, instruments, tempo markings, dynamics, phrasings, articulations, fingerings, and instrument techniques.

Mendelssohn's audience / Douglass Seaton. Mendelssohn and the piano / Kenneth Hamilton. Mendelssohn and the organ / Peter Ward Jones. The performance of Mendelssohn's chamber and solo music for violin / Clive Brown. Mendelssohn and the orchestra / David Milsom. Mendelssohn as composer/conductor : early performances of Paulus / Siegwart Reichwald. From drawing room to theater : performance traditions of Mendelssohn's stage works / Monika Hennemann. Mendelssohn and the performance of Handel's vocal works / Ralf Wehner. From notation to edition to performance : issues in interpretation / John Michael Cooper. Mendelssohn's tempo indications / Siegwart Reichwald. For you see I am the eternal objector : on performing Mendelssohn's music in translation / John Michael Cooper

Foreword / Christopher Hogwood1. Mendelssohn's Audience / Douglass Seaton; 2. Mendelssohn and the Piano / Kenneth Hamilton; 3. Mendelssohn and the Organ / Peter Ward Jones; 4. The Performance of Mendelssohn's Chamber and Solo Music for Violin / Clive Brown; 5. Mendelssohn and the Orchestra / David Milsom; 6. Mendelssohn as Composer/Conductor: Early Performances of Paulus / Siegwart Reichwald; 7. From Drawing Room to Theater: Performance Traditions of Mendelssohn's Stage Works / Monika Hennemann; 8. Mendelssohn and the Performance of Handel's Vocal Works / Ralf Wehner; 9. From Notation to Edition to Performance: Issues in Interpretation / John Michael Cooper; 10. Mendelssohn's Tempo Indications / Siegwart Reichwald; 11. "For You See I Am th Eternal Objector": On Performing Mendelssohn's Music in Translation / John Michael CooperList of Contributors; Index