Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op.49, for violin, cello, and piano by Felix Mendelssohn
Edited by June DeForest and Daniel Morganstern. Published by International
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) is one of the most important German composers of the Romantic era. He was most comfortable composing in a charming, relatively conservative style influenced by the Classical period and free from many of the developing trends of the Romantic Era, while incorporating important innovations in many works. He also held a singular position in German musical life as the founder of the Leipzig Conservatory, a prominent conductor of the renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and a seminal figure in the revival of the music and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op.49 (1839) is one of his crowning achievements in chamber music, a piece that led Robert Schumann to declare him ''the Mozart of the 19th century, the most brilliant of musicians''. No angst is found here-it is charming, well-formed, and pleasingly melodic, with flashes of drama and a spritely, fantastical Scherzo. Includes piano score and parts for violin and cello in a slipcover. Advanced level, Grade 5.
