Fanny Mendelssohn was one of the greatest musicians of the 19th century. But because she was a woman, she had to fight for her music to be heard. She was born into a musical family – her mother taught ...

Both Felix and his sister Fanny proved to be exceptionally ... married in March 1837 and enjoyed an idyllically happy life together with their five children. In 1840 the King of Prussia appointed ...

“Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn,” a new documentary by Sheila ... never the foundation of your life,” he wrote, urging her to “stay true” to feminine values, for “only the truly feminine ...