Timeline: Felix Mendelssohn

Feb 3, 1809

The birth of Felix Mendelssohn

I was born on the third of febuary in the year of 1809 in Hamburg Germany to Abraham Mendelssohn who latter became a very wealthy banker

Sep 9, 1812

Moving year

My Family and I moved from Hamburg Germany to Berlin Germany.

Dec 12, 1815

The begining of my career (Piano)

I started to take piano lassons from my mother when i was at the age offive years old.

Mar 8, 1816

I was sent off to practice piano

I aws baptived this year to become a Luthren and also was sent to Paris to take lessons from Marie Bigot.

Jan 31, 1818

the begining of my fame

1818 (age 9)- I participated in a chamber music concert it was probably my first public concert appearance.

Jun 4, 1824

I start to perform

1824 (age 15) - I composed a Symphony in C minor (op. 11), my first symphony for full orchestra.

Aug 28, 1826

I was starting to become famus

1826 (age 17) - I composed an overture to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. This work and the String Octet are the best known works of music in my earlier compositions.

Apr 16, 1835

I start to make a name for myself

1835 (age 26) - I was appointed as conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Mar 28, 1837

i become husband

1837 (age 28) - I marrie Cécile Jeanrenaud on March 28. I then go on to have five children: Carl, Marie, Paul, Lilli and Felix.

Oct 5, 1842

I star in a symphony

1842 (age 33) - I compose my now famous incidental music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I also composed the Scottish Symphpony (Symphony No. 3).