Book contents
- Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context
- Composers in Context
- Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Family and Upbringing
- Chapter 1 Berlin Jews in the Long Eighteenth Century
- Chapter 2 Family Background
- Chapter 3 Education
- Chapter 4 The Family Cosmos
- Chapter 5 Fanny and Felix’s Personal Relationship
- Chapter 6 Fanny and Felix’s Musical Relationship
- Part II Friends and Colleagues
- Part III Cultural and Intellectual Worlds
- Part IV Environments and Institutions
- Part V Musical Activities
- Part VI Reception and Legacies
- Epilogue: A Future for Mendelssohn and Hensel Studies
- Index
Chapter 1 - Berlin Jews in the Long Eighteenth Century
from Part I - Family and Upbringing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2025
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Book contents
- Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context
- Composers in Context
- Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Family and Upbringing
- Chapter 1 Berlin Jews in the Long Eighteenth Century
- Chapter 2 Family Background
- Chapter 3 Education
- Chapter 4 The Family Cosmos
- Chapter 5 Fanny and Felix’s Personal Relationship
- Chapter 6 Fanny and Felix’s Musical Relationship
- Part II Friends and Colleagues
- Part III Cultural and Intellectual Worlds
- Part IV Environments and Institutions
- Part V Musical Activities
- Part VI Reception and Legacies
- Epilogue: A Future for Mendelssohn and Hensel Studies
- Index
Summary
The chapter provides a summary history of the Jews in Berlin following their readmittance in 1670 through to the period of the births of Fanny and Felix. It notes the relationship of Moses Mendelssohn with figures of the Berlin Enlightenment and the consequent parallel development of the Haskalah movement with the growing interest by prominent Jewish families in Gentile culture and Bildung, exemplified by the Berlin Jewish salons. The decision – or rather attempt – of Abraham Mendelssohn to dissociate from Judaism on the part of himself and his family is placed in the context of the development of German nationalism and the beginning of the Jewish reform movement.
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- Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context , pp. 3 - 10Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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