BURIED TREASURE

Fanny Mendelssohn served as mentor and inspiration to her younger brother Felix, but while he praised her skill as a composer and pianist, he withheld his approval of the publication of any of her almost 500 compositions or her appearance in public as a professional pianist. At age 23, her father wrote that she should forget about music, and instead, "you must prepare for your real calling - the state of a housewife." Essentially Fanny Mendelssohn spent her whole life being banned from the musical profession because she was a woman. Her compositions were never performed in public, only at home on "Musical Sundays" held by her mother.
Almost all of her compositions survive only in original manuscript form in private archives. So until recently, the world was never given the opportunity to hear what a great composer she actually was, but that is starting to change.
A few weeks ago, I went to a piano recital at NAU, and one of the pieces that was played was part of Das Jahr (The Year), a collection of 12 pieces, one for each month, and though only two months were played, I was very impressed and have since gotten 3 CDs of her music, and imo, Fanny is not only the equal of her brother, but she belongs in the upper echelon of composers along with Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven.
Is that an exaggeration? Come to our "Musical Sunday" on April 21st and decide for yourself, as we listen to recently discovered "Buried Treasure."

I have a large living/music room with a built-in surround sound system, perfect for listening to CDs or Vinyl. (There's also a grand piano if anyone wants to get into "performance art.")