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Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn

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A famous last name of the German composer Felix Mendelssohn and other well known people
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɛn.dəl.sən/
: Mendelssohn
  • He loved classical music and I grew up hearing Mendelssohn's Elijah and Beethoven's Spring Sonata coming from the studio.
  • Felix Mendelssohn
  • Mendelssohn Hensel
  • Schubert and Mendelssohn

Examples

  • Tell them to play Mendelssohn's wedding march.

    West of Broadway (1931)

  • Composers included to date are Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Vivaldi.

    Academic text (1999)

  • I suppose you shall carry lovely flowers and have Mr Mendelssohn's "Wedding March".

    A Quiet Passion (2016)

  • And I simply worship Mendelssohn's Spring Song.

    Cavalcade (1933)

  • She'll only dance to Mendelssohn's ''Spring Song'', and it gets so monotonous.

    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

  • Mendelssohn's "Spring Song"... that's my favorite.

    What a Way to Go! (1964)

  • One of his lifelong regrets, however, was that he never attended one of Mendelssohn's concerts.

    Academic text (1995)

  • In return, he was impressed with the level of playing of the IPO in Mendelssohn's Reformation symphony.

    Blog text (23)

  • We're going to hear what Mendelssohn's Wedding March sounds like on the banjo.

  • Tell them to play Mendelssohn's wedding march.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Mendelssohn is a family name that originally meant 'son of' Mendel. Like English names such as Johnson, the -sohn part means 'son', and Mendel is a Jewish form of a name that means 'comfort', so the name marked someone as 'Mendel's son', which explains why it is the surname of the composer Felix Mendelssohn.