Word: mendelssohn
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Asthalia, Mendelssohn...
...honor and respect from the English people, while Bach remained in his obscure German home, but little known outside of it, and soon forgotten even there. Handel's memory and works have been kept alive ever since his death; while Bach's works were almost unknown till revised by Mendelssohn about 1820. Even his own sons and pupils seemed not to appreciate the vastness of his genius and allowed much of his work to be lost. The different careers of the two men are illustrated by the style of their works, Handel's being adapted to please the masses...
Overture (Melusine), Mendelssohn...
Overture (Ruy Blas) Mendelssohn. Adagio (2nd violin Concerto) Bruch. Fantasie Norwegienne, E. Lalo. Symphonic Poem (Orpheus) Liszt. Variations, Haydn. Symphony (C minor, No. 5) Beethoven...
...three concerts that demain to be given, Mr. Gericke will find it practicable to play one or two of that master's. Since the number of concerts in Cambridge is only six, it is almost too bad that they should be entirely taken up with novelties; the Mendelssohn symphony of last night was the first standard work of the kind that has been heard here this year. The new things are interesting for a change but it seems desirable that the older and better known works should form the basis of our Sanders Theatre programmes...