Mendelssohn-Haus

I ❤️ MENDELSSOHN Entering the building located at Goldschmidtstrasse 12, in the vicinity of Leipzig's Gewandhaus, one immediately notices the original dark wooden staircase. That's where Felix Mendelssohn climbed up the stairs to his lavish apartment where he lived until his death. Mendelssohn, born on 3 February 1809 in Hamburg, was the grandson of famed philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and is one of the most impressive figures in the international music scene. He is widely known as the most important conductor to front Leipzig's Gewandhaus Orchestra, and is thought to have fundamentally changed the city's musical scene and started the Bach Renaissance in Germany. And without Mendelssohn, it's unlikely that concerts would now be given in the way that we're used to, meaning that the conductor usually stands in front of the orchestra during musical performances. That habit did not yet exist before Mendelssohn's time. In the so-called "Effektorium," a kind of electronic concert hall, visitors can now experience how it feels to conduct an orchestra. With the help of motion sensors, just about anybody can turn into a conductor of famous works, such as the "Midsummer Night's Dream." Mendelssohn Bartholdy died remarkably young, on 4 November 1847, at the age of 38, in this very apartment he lived in. The cause of his early death has been a mystery ever since. Three contemporary doctors diagnosed Nervenschlag ("nervous stroke"). There may even have been some kind of genetic predisposition, since what is reported in this paper regarding Mendelssohn's death also applies to the very similar symptoms and circumstances surrounding his sister Fanny's death.' #historicculture#museumquest#culturalattractions