One composer of this surname wrote a cycle of 13 piano pieces entitled The Year and died during a performance of the cantata 
One composer of this surname wrote a cycle of 13 piano pieces entitled The Year and died during a performance of the cantata The First Walpurgis Night. That composer is also thought to have greatly influenced the oratorio St. Paul. Another composer of this surname composed the Reformation Symphony, a String Octet in E-flat major, and a work sometimes called "Fingal's Cave." That work, the Hebrides Overture, was composed around the same time as his third symphony, which is subtitled "Scottish." That composer dedicated one of the pieces in his Songs without Words to his sister, Fanny. For 10 points, name this surname of the Romantic composer Felix.
One composer of this surname wrote a cycle of 13 piano pieces entitled The Year and died during a performance of the cantata
Mendelssohn [or Fanny Mendelssohn; or Felix Mendelssohn]