Although best known as the sister of Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-47) was a virtuoso pianist and a composer of considerable merit in her own right.
Her oeuvre of more than 400 compositions remained largely unknown for more than a century after her untimely death, and her newly rediscovered reputation as a composer rests chiefly with her Piano music.
This volume is the first American publication of her important early works. Reproduced directly from rare first editions, its contents include:
4 Lieder op.2 für das Pianoforte (1846)
6 melodies pour le piano op.4 et op.5 (1847)
4 Lieder für das Pianoforte op.6 (1847)
4 Lieder op.8 (1850)