A portrait of Fanny Mendelssohn dated 1847. (Library of Congress, Music Division)“Easter Sonata” — a complex four-movement piano composition from 19th century Germany — could only have been written by Felix Mendelssohn. “She was an amazing woman,” Hayman said of Fanny Mendelssohn, “who persevered despite complete discouragement.”Fanny was born to a wealthy German family in 1805, three years before Felix. The manuscript of “Easter Sonata” remained hidden until a record collector and producer named Henri-Jacques Coudert reportedly found it in a Paris bookshop in 1970. Thanks to Christian’s work, “Easter Sonata” is now broadly accepted as Fanny’s.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2017 12:37 UTC