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Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words

Mendelssohn first referred to a “lied ohne worte” in a letter to his sister Fanny Mendelssohn in 1928. But when the first set was published in London it was given the title Original Melodies for the Pianoforte. Eventually, the name that stuck to these works was the one Mendelssohn had thought of in the first place, and five more sets of Songs Without Words followed in his lifetime (the last two were published posthumously).
They became immensely popular, not least because of the fact that many of the pieces were within the grasp of the amateur musician. Fanny Hensel noted that wherever she played Lieder ohne Worte a pair of young ladies would regularly fall into a faint. Mendelssohn himself has very eloquently summed up the idea behind these works: “People usually complain that music is so ambiguous; that they are doubtful as to what they should think when they hear it, whereas everyone understands words.
For me, it is just the reverse… [Words] seem to me so ambiguous, so indefinite, so open to misunderstanding in comparison with real music which fills one’s soul with a thousand better things than words.”

Sheet Music Downloads:

Title	AST	Key	Composed	Type	Level
Songs Without Words Op. 19 No. 1		E Major	1834	Piece	6
Regrets Op. 19 No. 2		A Minor	1834	Piece	6
Hunting Song Op. 19 No. 3		A Major	1834	Piece	7
Confidence Op. 19 No. 4		A Major	1834	Piece	6
Restlessness Op. 19 No. 5		F-sharp Minor	1834	Piece	8
Venetian Boat Song Op. 19 No. 6		G Minor	1834	Piece	6
Contemplation Op. 30 No. 1		E-flat Major	1834	Piece	7
Unrest Op. 30 No. 2		B-flat Minor	1834	Piece	7
Consolation Op. 30 No. 3		E Major	1834	Piece	6
The Wanderer Op. 30 No. 4		B-flat Minor	1834	Piece	8
The Brook Op. 30 No. 5		D Major	1834	Piece	8
Venetian Boat Song Op. 30 No. 6		F-sharp Minor	1834	Piece	6
The Evening Star Op. 38 No. 1		E-flat Major	1837	Piece	8
Lost Happiness Op. 38 No. 2		C Minor	1837	Piece	8
The Poet's Harp Op. 38 No. 3		E Major	1837	Piece	8
Hope Op. 38 No. 4		A Major	1837	Piece	7
Passion Op. 38 No. 5		A Minor	1837	Piece	8
Duet Op. 38 No. 6		A-flat Major	1837	Piece	8
On the Seashore Op. 53 No. 1		A-flat Major	1841	Piece	7
The fleecy Clouds Op. 53 No. 2		E-flat Major	1841	Piece	6
Agitation Op. 53 No. 3		G Minor	1841	Piece	6
Sadness of Soul Op. 53 No. 4		F Major	1841	Piece	6
Folksong Op. 53 No. 5		A Minor	1841	Piece	6
The Flight Op. 53 No. 6		A Major	1841	Piece	7
May Breezes Op. 62 No. 1		G Major	1844	Piece	6
The Departure Op. 62 No. 2		B-flat Major	1844	Piece	6
Funeral March Op. 62 No. 3		E Minor	1844	Piece	6
Morning Song Op. 62 No. 4		G Major	1844	Piece	6
Venetian Boat Song Op. 62 No. 5		A Minor	1844	Piece	7
Spring Song Op. 62 No. 6		A Major	1844	Piece	7
Meditation Op. 67 No. 1		E-flat Major	1845	Piece	7
Lost Illusions Op. 67 No. 2		F-sharp Minor	1845	Piece	7
Song of the Pilgrim Op. 67 No. 3		B-flat Major	1845	Piece	6
Spinning Song Op. 67 No. 4		C Major	1845	Piece	8
The Shepherd's Complaint Op. 67 No. 5		B Minor	1845	Piece	8
Lullaby Op. 67 No. 6		E Major	1845	Piece	6
Reverie Op. 85 No. 1		F Major	1845	Piece	6
The Adieu Op. 85 No. 2		A Minor	1845	Piece	6
Delirium Op. 85 No. 3		E Major	1845	Piece	7
Elegie Op. 85 No. 4		D Major	1845	Piece	7
The Return Op. 85 No. 5		A Major	1845	Piece	6
Song of the Traveller Op. 85 No. 6		B-flat Major	1845	Piece	7
Homeless Op. 102 No. 1		E Minor	1845	Piece	7
Retrospection Op. 102 No. 2		E Minor	1845	Piece	7
Tarantella Op. 102 No. 3		C Major	1845	Piece	7
The Sighing Wind Op. 102 No. 4		G Minor	1845	Piece	7
The Joyous Peasant Op. 102 No. 5		A Major	1845	Piece	7
Faith Op. 102 No. 6		C Major	1845	Piece	6