Rebecka was the sister of the musician Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel. A few weeks after her birth, her parents moved from Hamburg to Berlin, where her father Abraham continued to run the family bank with his brother Joseph. Rebecka had a very good musical education and joined as a singer of the Berliner Sing-Akademie. She was probably the first to sing the Lieder composed by Felix and Fanny. On May 22, 1832, she married the mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, who had been introduced to her family by the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. The couple had four children. The most famous romantic musicians of the time often met in the house of the Dirichlets. In 1851, after the death of their parents and older brothers, the Dirichlets moved from Berlin to Gottingen, where Rebecka continued the tradition of musical reunions carried on by her family. Famous artists and musicians such as Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Joseph Joachim participated in these musical meetings. Rebecka died of a stroke on 1 December 1858 at the age of 47. Her husband died a few months later, on May 5 of the following year, of heart disease.
Contributor: Marina Caracciolo (50626472)
Contributor: Marina Caracciolo (50626472)
Rebecka was the sister of the musician Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel. A few weeks after her birth, her parents moved from Hamburg to Berlin, where her father Abraham continued to run the family bank with his brother Joseph. Rebecka had a very good musical education and joined as a singer of the Berliner Sing-Akademie. She was probably the first to sing the Lieder composed by Felix and Fanny. On May 22, 1832, she married the mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, who had been introduced to her family by the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. The couple had four children. The most famous romantic musicians of the time often met in the house of the Dirichlets. In 1851, after the death of their parents and older brothers, the Dirichlets moved from Berlin to Gottingen, where Rebecka continued the tradition of musical reunions carried on by her family. Famous artists and musicians such as Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Joseph Joachim participated in these musical meetings. Rebecka died of a stroke on 1 December 1858 at the age of 47. Her husband died a few months later, on May 5 of the following year, of heart disease.
Contributor: Marina Caracciolo (50626472)
Contributor: Marina Caracciolo (50626472)
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