Mendelssohn-Haus - A Museum Dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: At Goldschmidtstraße 12 in Leipzig is Mendelssohn-Haus, the only remaining preserved private residence of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The Mendelssohn family moved into this apartment at the beginning of 1845 and it was here that Mendelssohn died on November 4, 1847, at the young age of thirty-eight. Built in 1844 in the style of late Classicism, Mendelssohn-Haus is an important representation of its time and … [Read more...]