Mendelssohn's Spring Song
Felix Mendelssohn taking a stroll near his home in the Austrian Tyrol, in the early spring, receives the inspiration for his famous "Spring Song." The first notes of the song are furnished h... Read allFelix Mendelssohn taking a stroll near his home in the Austrian Tyrol, in the early spring, receives the inspiration for his famous "Spring Song." The first notes of the song are furnished him by a hunter blowing his horn; he receives his idea for the second strain from the cryin... Read allFelix Mendelssohn taking a stroll near his home in the Austrian Tyrol, in the early spring, receives the inspiration for his famous "Spring Song." The first notes of the song are furnished him by a hunter blowing his horn; he receives his idea for the second strain from the crying of a child; the third strain is brought to him in the yawning of some sleepy laborers. C... Read all