Talks about authors and their work . beautiful Overture called A Midsummer NightsDream, as a piano duet. It was meant to repre-sent Shakesperes Fairy Play in music; if youlisten when you hear it played at a concert, Ithink you will be sure to hear the merry songsof Pease Blossom, Mustard Seed and all theother fairies, and the hum of the insects, and youcan almost see all the queer little people who livein the woods, in their merry dances. Whenever Mendelssohn desired to describe tohis sister anything that he had seen in his trav-els, he would sit down to the piano and play toher instead of tal
Talks about authors and their work . beautiful Overture called A Midsummer NightsDream, as a piano duet. It was meant to repre-sent Shakesperes Fairy Play in music; if youlisten when you hear it played at a concert, Ithink you will be sure to hear the merry songsof Pease Blossom, Mustard Seed and all theother fairies, and the hum of the insects, and youcan almost see all the queer little people who livein the woods, in their merry dances. Whenever Mendelssohn desired to describe tohis sister anything that he had seen in his trav-els, he would sit down to the piano and play toher instead of talking. If it was a sea voyage,she could almost hear the roll of the billows, theflapping of the sails, and feel the brisk salt air ofthe ocean. After his visit to Scotland he de-scribed Fingals Cave and the rocky Hebrides bycomposing a grand symphony called TheHebrides. His Songs Without Words are really likewords, for in their sweet tones we can easilycatch their true meaning. Consolation, oneof these songs, has comforted many a sad. FELIX MENDELSSOHN. 16 TALKS ABOUT AUTHORS. soul, and in The Spring Song we can see thefirst flowers, hear the birds note, and the rustleof the leaves, and feel the stir of the fresh, newlife of the spring-time. Once, when speaking of her brothers successin setting to music verses from Walpurgis-Night Dream, in Faust, Fanny proudly said:To me he told his idea; one feels so near theworld of spirits, carried away in the air, and halfinclined to snatch up a broom-stick and followthe aerial procession. At the end, the first violintakes a flight with feather-like lightness and allhas vanished. Fanny and Felix both had happy homes afterthey were married. Fannys husband was Wil-helm Hensel, a noted artist. She had highhopes for the future in the success of her husbandand brother, but, while sitting at the piano oneday, practicing with her little choir of children,she suddenly died. This was such a terriblegrief to Felix that he, too, died before the yearwa
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