Arnold Mendelssohn
Composer
1855 – 1933
Who was Arnold Mendelssohn?
Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn was a German composer and music teacher.
Mendelssohn was born in the then Ratibor, Province of Silesia, son of Felix Mendelssohn's second cousin Wilhelm Mendelssohn who had married in 1854 Louise Aimee Cauer. Arnold Ludwig himself married in 1885 his second cousin Maria Cauer, daughter of Carl Cauer.
Arnold Ludwig was originally a lawyer before studying music, then was director of church music and a professor in Darmstadt. Paul Hindemith was one of his students. After his death his works were banned in Nazi Germany because of his Jewish heritage.
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1855
Racibórz - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Feb 18, 1933
Darmstadt
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on July 23, 2013
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