Press Review
by Redactie |Het ORGEL |Year 122 |(2026) |Issue 1| Categorie No category
Ars Organi
In the September 2025 issue of Ars Organi, Cordelia Miller published an article on the organ works that Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed for her marriage to Wilhelm Hensel in October 1829. The article opens by observing that Fanny was officially unable to take organ lessons—the organ being regarded as an unsuitable instrument for women—yet that she was thoroughly familiar with the instrument and did occasionally play it. This is evident, among other things, from the correspondence between Fanny, her sister Rebecka, and her brother Felix.
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