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to change his surname. Jakob had adopted the name
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Abraham took an uncompromising attitude towards his Jewish origins. He felt that the day of
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at the behest of his brother Joseph, who had formed the banking house of
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The Mendelssohn Family 1729–1847: From Letters and Journals
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1182:Henriette (Maria) Mendelssohn
536:Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt
310:, 4th ed. 2 vols, London 1884
199:Trinity Church Cemetery No. 1
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1163:Moses Mendelssohn's children
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469:Wer bis an das Ende beharrt
422:Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde
356:Mendelssohn-Werkverzeichnis
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1254:Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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562:Die erste Walpurgisnacht
544:Mitten wir im Leben sind
529:Lord, have mercy upon us
429:Die Hochzeit des Camacho
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88:Gesellschaft der Freunde
63:, and Paul Mendelssohn.
1044:Mendelssohn Scholarship
92:Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
51:. He was the father of
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1039:Mendelssohn Foundation
236:French Reformed Church
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1285:Mendelssohn & Co.
1143:Sons of Mendel Dessau
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135:Mendelssohn & Co.
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937:Variations sérieuses
875:Piano Quartet:
611:13 String Symphonies
361:List of compositions
1215:Rebecka Mendelssohn
852:for cello and piano
763:String Quartet in E
735:Die schöne Melusine
515:Verleih uns Frieden
255:Jewish Encyclopedia
205:Attitude to Judaism
61:Rebecka Mendelssohn
35:Abraham Mendelssohn
1349:Mendelssohn family
1249:Arnold Mendelssohn
1190:Nathan Mendelssohn
1178:Joseph Mendelssohn
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668:Violin and Strings
408:Oedipus at Colonus
260:Mendelssohn Family
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448:St. Paul / Paulus
415:Die beiden Neffen
345:Felix Mendelssohn
286:978-3-7672-1415-6
273:Hans Joachim Marx
229:Frankfurt am Main
73:Moses Mendelssohn
57:Felix Mendelssohn
53:Fanny Mendelssohn
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968:Daniel Itzig
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905:String Octet
900:Piano Sextet
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1239:Kurt Hensel
1234:Paul Hensel
650:Reformation
539:(Psalm 100)
212:circumcised
201:in Berlin.
96:Lea Salomon
84:German Jews
1313:Categories
799:No. 6
794:No. 5
789:No. 4
784:No. 3
779:No. 2
774:No. 1
597:Orchestral
576:Festgesang
445:Oratorio:
145:pressure.
67:Early life
1018:(sisters)
623:Lobgesang
507:Lobgesang
233:Calvinist
221:Confucius
120:Sara Levy
1084:Category
1008:(mother)
1002:(father)
766:♭
701:♭
661:Concerto
632:Scottish
604:Symphony
485:Psalm 42
483:Other: "
478:Christus
401:Antigone
225:baptised
1016:Rebecka
1000:Abraham
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682:Piano:
648:No. 5 (
641:Italian
639:No. 4 (
630:No. 3 (
301:Sources
231:in the
180:Rebecka
168:England
112:Hamburg
1287:(bank)
961:People
673:Violin
439:Sacred
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172:London
155:French
139:Berlin
45:banker
42:Jewish
39:German
33:(born
1094:Audio
1032:Other
1024:(son)
1012:Fanny
978:Moses
925:Piano
895:No. 2
891:No. 1
885:No. 3
881:No. 2
877:No. 1
871:No. 2
867:No. 1
844:No. 2
840:No. 1
829:No. 3
825:No. 2
821:No. 1
813:Other
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713:Other
704:major
688:No. 2
684:No. 1
616:No. 1
554:Other
377:Stage
370:Vocal
242:Notes
216:Jakob
107:Paris
1022:Paul
1014:and
918:Solo
698:in A
281:ISBN
143:Nazi
47:and
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