Fanny Mendelssohn

Fanny Mendelssohn (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German poet, composer and pianist of the early Romantic era who was known as Fanny Hensel after her marriage.

Fanny Mendelssohn (1842)

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  • Avevamo già visto ulivi, castagni e gelsi, ma fino a questo momento il carattere del paesaggio era stato distintamente alpino. Qui cambia completamente. A Varenna, dove ci siamo fermati, l’hotel è vicino al lago. In primo piano vi è un giardino con alberi di limone e aranci, carichi di fiori e frutti, con grossi alberi di fico, con rose e aloe giganti. Non posso descrivere quanto mi sia sentita felice, quanto mi sia commossa, perché l’epiteto che più si adatta alla bellezza di questo paese è proprio “commovente".
    • We had seen olive, chestnut and mulberry trees before, but up until now the character of the landscape had been distinctly alpine. Here it changes completely. In Varenna, where we stopped, the hotel is near the lake. In the foreground is a garden with lemon and orange trees, laden with flowers and fruit, with large fig trees, with giant roses and aloes. I can't describe how happy I felt, how moved I was, because the epithet that best fits the beauty of this country is really "moving".
    • A Letter from Varenna, 1839

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