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The Fortunes of the Mendelssohns: History of a German Family Lackmann, Thomas (Vice Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft)
The Fortunes of the Mendelssohns: History of a German Family
Lackmann, Thomas (Vice Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft)
This richly illustrated family history describes for the first time the world of the Mendelssohns over five generations from the eighteenth century to 1938. In 36 portraits, author Thomas Lackmann knowledgeably tells the fate of this large German family caught between tradition and innovation, power and morality, talent and luck.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| To be released | October 3, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9780197797044 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 424 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 668 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Translator | Brown, Jane K. (Joff Hanauer Distinguished Professor for Western Civilization Emerita, Joff Hanauer Distinguished Professor for Western Civilization Emerita, University of Washington) |
| Translator | Thiem, Barbara (Professor of Cello, Pedagogy, and Chamber Music, Professor of Cello, Pedagogy, and Chamber Music, Colorado State University) |