CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS.
Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
February 3rd, 1809. |
Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” completed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
August 6th, 1826. |
Reformation Symphony composed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Winter of 1829–30. |
Journey to Italy commences, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
August, 1830. |
Return from Italy and Switzerland to Munich, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
October, 1831. |
Settles at Düsseldorf as Intendant of Church and Secular Music, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
September 27th, 1833. |
Commences “St. Paul,” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
March, 1834. |
Leaves Düsseldorf to become Conductor of the Gewandhaus concerts at Leipsic, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Commencement of 1835. |
His father, Abraham Mendelssohn, dies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
November 19th, 1835. |
First performance of “St. Paul,” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
May, 1836. |
Married to Cécile Jeanrenaud, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
March 28th, 1837. |
