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Fanny Mendelssohn

  • Portrait of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Wikimedia Commons
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    Spring Music Moment: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel got a much needed breath of fresh air and a boost of musical inspiration from a year-long Italian trip in 1840. Mendelssohn-Hensel, her husband and their young son spent the entire year away from their home of Berlin and vacationing throughout Italy - stopping in Rome and Venice to take in the vast musical inspiration.