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Eric Solen

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Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of His Birth! Mendelssohn Anthology, Volume 8The Soldiers Love (A Musical Comedy in One Act)This year marks the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohns birth. To commemorate this occasion, the QUERSTAND labelbased near Leipzig, a city closely associated with Mendelssohnhas decided to release the Mendelssohn Anthology, a 10-volume series. While some trackssuch as readings of letters and biographical textsmay be a bit dry, this promises to be a valuable anthology offering the chance to hear rare works by Mendelssohn and his contemporaries.The Soldiers Love is a Singspiel (a musical play with dialogue) that Mendelssohn composed as a Christmas gift for his parents when he was 11 years old. The story is set around the time Napoleons army occupied Spain. A French colonel named Flix falls in love with a Spanish countess, and around the same time, one of the colonels soldiers,