Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssoh By Shane Oh Birth Felix Mendelson was born on 3 February 1809 in Germany. Family Felix's Dad was a banker and Felix's mom was a Musican. He and his family was a Jewish and also his mom and dad encouraged Felix to play more. Childhood Felix was very talented in music. In Fact by age 17 he wrote the oveture for the Mid Summer Night Dream. Thank You http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/Mendelssohn.html http://www.nndb.com/people/266/000092987/ http://www.last.fm/music/Felix+Mendelssohn Sources for research Music in early age Felix started writing music when he was ten. When Felix was 17 he wrote the Overture for Midsummer night dream which astonished audience members. Insturments and performances Felix played the violn and piano. He played his first concert at age 9.