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Mendelssohn
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Classical music’s child prodigies
15. Mendelssohn
The second of four children, Felix Mendelssohn followed in his sister’s musical footsteps (and seemingly copied her hairstyle), taking piano lessons from his mother at the age of six. He and his sister Fanny moved to Berlin with his family to study music theory.
