Felix Mendelssohn's family's brain condition

Like Mozart, the German musician Felix Mendelssohn was recognised early as a child prodigy, became popular as a young man, grew old quickly, and died young. He revealed the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach after almost a century of oblivion and was Goethe's favourite musician. Of a fragile constitution, Mendelssohn was a very friendly but rather introverted and sensitive person. 1 Breitenfeld T Breitenfeld D Vargek-Solter V Delija A Sostar Z...