Mendelssohn's Wedding March

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Felix Mendelssohn, one of the world's foremost composers, was born of Jewish parents, in Germany, February 3, 1809. His material worries were minimized by family wealth, and consequently he devoted much of his time to helping musicians less fortunate than himself - as illustrated in the following incident, said to have taken place near Leipzig, over a hundred years ago.

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And all this is just to remind us that Mendelssohn lived in a world of blossoms, shared his possessions with his fellowmen and passed on, leaving the truest record of his life in music.