Mention the significant events in Weber’s life.
Describe Weber the man.
Sketch the work of Weber as a composer.
Show the influence of Weber upon music.
Name some of Weber’s best-known piano works.
What composers were greatly influenced by Weber?
Give an account of Mendelssohn’s boyhood, manhood.
What educational work in music did Mendelssohn originate?
In what lines of musical work did Mendelssohn excel?
Name representative compositions of Mendelssohn.
What composers did Mendelssohn follow?
What influence did Mendelssohn exert on music?
For students who wish to study Weber’s characteristics, the Momento
Capriccioso, Op. 12, the “Invitation to the Dance,” Op. 65, the
piano sonatas in C and A-flat are the most representative, while the
overtures to “Der Freischütz,” “Euryanthe” and “Oberon” show his style
as a dramatic composer.
The following suggestions may aid the student in his study of
Mendelssohn’s works: The “Italian” and “Scotch” symphonies, the
“Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Hebrides” and “Melusina” overtures, the
Nocturne and Scherzo from the “Midsummer Night’s Dream” music, the
violin concerto, the concerto in G minor and the Capriccio Brillante
for piano and orchestra, the pieces for piano, Op. 7, Nos. 3 and 7, the
Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14, the Caprice, Op. 16, No. 2, the Prelude and
Fugue, Op. 35, No. 1, the Serious Variations, Op. 54, the Scherzo à
Capriccio without opus number, and the following “Songs Without Words,”
Op. 19, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6; Op. 38, Nos. 2, 3, 5; Op. 62, Nos. 3, 6; Op.
67, No. 4, and Op. 102, No. 3. Liszt has made an exceedingly effective
transcription of Mendelssohn’s song “On the Wings of Song,” which is a
popular concert number today.