# Happy Birthday Mendelssohn!

**URL:** <https://forum.psaudio.com/t/happy-birthday-mendelssohn/21719>\
**Category:** Everything Else\
**Created:** [February 4, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/happy-birthday-mendelssohn/21719 "2021-02-04T15:38:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/happy-birthday-mendelssohn/21719/1 "2021-02-04T15:38:26Z")

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Born yesterday in 1809, Felix Mendelssohn called his 1833 _Italian Symphony_ “the jolliest piece I have ever done.”

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/2/0/20980d32d32e513102dac5b2497cc266a36ad1d7.jpeg "Mendelssohn Italian Symphony (Herbert von Karajan)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mya0bUfjG5E)

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**Author:** ![Phil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@Phil](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Phil)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/happy-birthday-mendelssohn/21719/2 "2021-02-04T15:59:15Z")

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Another great composer in my top 10.