This composer followed Ferdinand Hiller's advice in amping up the difficulty of his Piano TrioNo. 1, a piece that caused Robert Schumann to call him the "Mozart of the 19th century." Another ofthis composer's chamber works in the repertoire is an octet with a scherzo that he used in place ofthe minuet in his first symphony.
This composer followed Ferdinand Hiller's advice in amping up the difficulty of his Piano TrioNo. 1, a piece that caused Robert Schumann to call him the "Mozart of the 19th century." Another ofthis composer's chamber works in the repertoire is an octet with a scherzo that he used in place ofthe minuet in his first symphony. He closely collaborated with Ferdinand David on a concerto thatused a held (*) bassoon note to link the first and second movements and unusually opened directly with thesoloist. In addition to writing the Opus 64 Violin Concerto in E minor, he included the Roman saltarelloand the Neapolitan tarantella in his fourth symphony, the Italian. For 10 points, name this Romanticcomposer whose incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream is often used at weddings.
This composer followed Ferdinand Hiller's advice in amping up the difficulty of his Piano TrioNo.
Felix Mendelssohn