'Mozart and Mendelssohn' at Fairfield Library

From Fairfield Public Library: The name Mozart is synonymous with the word prodigy. He displayed incredible talent as a composer, pianist and violinist at a ridiculously young age. Mendelssohn is often ignored in the conversation about prodigies, but he was no less extraordinary. Mendelssohn topped Mozart in at least one way in that he was composing masterpieces as a teenager, several years before Mozart wrote anything comparable. Music historian Jeffrey Engel will compare the two composers and let you decide who was the more remarkable on Sunday, February 26 at 2:00 pm in the Memorial Room at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road. Registration is requested.

Jeffrey Engel is an adjunct professor at Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted, CT. He has been giving lectures devoted to music history in colleges, libraries, retirement communities and other venues for fifteen years. A graduate of Ithaca College, he lived in Paris for many years where he studied cello, art history (at the Sorbonne) and earned diplomas in French language. As a cellist, he played with numerous orchestras in France including the Paris Opera, performed in chamber ensembles and taught in municipal conservatories.

All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free. To register, or for more information on these and other programs, visit us online at: fairfieldpubliclibrary.org, or call 203-256- 3160. Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter @fairfieldpublib and Facebook @fairfieldlibrary.

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