The Study of MendelssohnIn a complete course for a piano student should the study of Mendelssohn be included? Which of his compositions are the most useful?Mendelssohn is surely a composer who is not to be omitted. His melody alone, besides other virtues, entitles him to be included, for melody seems to grow scarce nowadays. To develop a fine cantilena his "Songs Without Words" of slower motion, for instance, are just the thing.
The Study of Mendelssohn
In a complete course for a piano student should the study of Mendelssohn be included? Which of his compositions are the most useful?
Mendelssohn is surely a composer who is not to be omitted. His melody alone, besides other virtues, entitles him to be included, for melody seems to grow scarce nowadays. To develop a fine cantilena his "Songs Without Words" of slower motion, for instance, are just the thing.