A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Songs without Words

SONGS WITHOUT WORDS. The title of certain well-known Pianoforte pieces of Mendelssohn's, first published in English as 'Original Melodies for the Pianoforte,' and in German as 'Lieder ohne Worte.' Of the latter title, 'Songs without words' is a translation. [See vol. ii. p. 135.]

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