Rondo capriccioso : op. 14
Rondo · in E major · Op. 14
Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847
E major
Key
Rondo
Form
Op. 14
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Themes & character
Lyrical opening, brilliant finish·Elfin scherzo character·Recital staple·Composed 1824
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 14
- Key
- E major
- Form
- Rondo
About the piece
A gentle, songful Andante opens into a quicksilver Presto in E minor, in the light, darting scherzo manner Mendelssohn made his own and which he had already displayed in the Midsummer Night's Dream overture written at seventeen.
It has remained one of his most performed piano works, popular with students and virtuosos alike because the brilliance of the fast section is genuinely playable rather than merely punishing.
The composer
Felix Mendelssohn
1809–1847
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic era. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His best-known works include the String Octet, the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian and Scottish Symphonies, the oratorios St. Paul and Elijah, the Hebrides Overture, the mature Violin Concerto, and the melody used in the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words are his most famous solo piano compositions.
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