This composer used an eight-part fugato to open the finale of his E-flat major String Octet.
The text from Psalm 55 was set to a hymn called Hear My Prayer by this man, who included the well-known passage "O for the Wings of a Dove". This composer's second string quartet quotes one of his earlier songs based on Johann Gustav Droysen poem "Is it True?" This composer used an eight-part fugato to open the finale of his E-flat major String Octet. All three movements are played attacca and the typical orchestral preview is skipped in his Violin (*) Concerto in E minor. This composer revived the appreciation of Bach's music when he re-premiered a modified version of the St. Matthew Passion in Berlin. This composer included three Venetian boat songs in his Songs Without Words. For 10 points, identify this German composer of the Wedding March in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Reformation, Scottish, and Italian symphonies.
The text from Psalm 55 was set to a hymn called Hear My Prayer by this man, who included the well-known passage "O for the Wings of a Dove".
Felix Mendelssohn