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World Service,15 Aug 2000,23 mins

Felix Mendelssohn

Meridian

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At the age of 13, Mendelssohn wrote a piano concerto, two symphonies for strings, a piano quartet, setting of a Psalm, songs, part of an opera and a violin concerto. A profile of his prodigious talent, influences and early life.

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