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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Genealogical Tree of the Itzig and Mendelssohn Families
Map: Principal Sites of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Travels
Preface
Prologue Porcelain Monkeys and Family Identities
Part I: Precocious Deeds
1 In Nebel und Nacht: Hamburg to Berlin (1809–1819)
2 Apprenticed Prodigy (1820–1821)
3 The Second Mozart (1821–1822)
4 From Apprentice to Journeyman (1823–1824)
5 The Prodigy’s Voice (1825–1826)
6 In the Public Eye (1827–1829)
Part II: The Road to Damascus
7 Amateur Gentleman (1829)
8 Wanderlust (1830–1832)
9 Düsseldorf Beginnings (1832–1835)
10 The Apostle’s Voice (1835–1837)
Part III: Elijah’s Chariot
11 Musical Biedermeier (1837–1839)
12 Leipzig vs. Berlin (1840–1841)
13 From Kapellmeister to Generalmusikdirektor (1841–1842)
14 Portrait of a Prussian Musician (1843–1844)
15 The Noon of Fame: Years of Triumph (1844–1846)
16 The Prophet’s Voice: Elijah’s Chariot (1846–1847)
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Mendelssohn’s Works
General Index
Photo Section
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