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Mendelssohn House Leipzig

Museum in the Mendelssohn House
Goldschmidtstraße 12
04103 Leipzig

Phone +49.341.1270-294
Fax +49.341.2115-288

Web: www.mendelssohn-stiftung.de
E-Mail: ims@mendelssohn-stiftung.de

Opening hours

Daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Sundays 11 a.m. concerts
in the music salon

The building at Goldschmidtstraße 12 in Leipzig is the last remaining structurally preserved private address of the outstanding composer, conductor, and virtuoso Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847). The late-Biedermeier residence, which the family moved into in 1845 and which was able to be reacquired in its original form as in the lifetime of the artist, has housed a museum in honor of the  former occupant since November 1997. Here the interested visitor finds information on the life and work of Mendelssohn. Letter and sheet music autographs, watercolors done  by Mendelssohn, original furniture, the composer's study, the music salon – all that is also an eloquent testimonial to the epoch in which Mendelssohn lived.

The association, which manages the House, has made it its task to save Mendelssohn's musical and theoretical legacy and to give it recognition once again: Chamber music concerts occur every Sunday at 11 a.m. in the museum’s music salon.

Germany possesses musical traditions and legacies of extraordinary value: Handel, Schuetz and Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner - to mention only a few names - are composers who are known and treasured throughout the world. Their work has played a significant role in shaping a unique musical landscape.

Numerous orchestras, choruses, ensembles, renowned music festivals and series, music houses with museums, public archives and libraries, but also private collections preserve their musical heritage.

It is necessary to revitalize this inestimable fund again and again and to develop it for the present. At the same time, an important role befits the houses combined in the consortium of music museums of Germany. In them we encounter the work of the musicians and composers who have extraordinarily enriched the cultural nation of Germany. However, beyond the individual portrait, beyond the procurement of individual oeuvres, the music museums also contribute overall to the maintenance of musical tradition. The present brochure underscores this aspect of the synoptic presentation and invites the reader on a journey into the musical history of Germany. I hope this tour guide will be actively used and receive a large response.

Bernd Neumann, Member of the Lower House of the German Parliament
Minister of State with the Federal Chancellor
Commissioner of the Federal Government for Culture and Media

Quoted from: Foreword to the brochure "Music Museums in Germany", 2007.