Felix Mendelssohn at the Library of Congress

Acknowledgments and Special Thanks

We would also like to acknowledge the long-standing assistance of Dr. Ralf Wehner of the Saechsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, program manager of the Leipzig Edition of the Works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy -- an ambitious project to publish all of Mendelssohn’s musical works, correspondence, etc. in a scholarly edition anticipated to comprise at least eighty volumes -- who has so generously shared his time and insight in identifying certain Mendelssohn manuscripts in the Library’s collections and providing additional information about its Mendelssohn-related resources.

The following Library of Congress staff members contributed to the creation of this website:

Susan Clermont and Kevin LaVine, Senior Music Specialists, Music Division, conceived the website and determined its content, wrote its text, identified and chose the accompanying visual material, and verified the bibliographic information contained within it.

Karen Lund, Digital Project Coordinator, Music Division, oversaw the digital production process.

Paul Fraunfelter, Digital Conversion Specialist, Music Division, coordinated the production work, including the data entry and digitization for the items.

Scanning was performed by Paul Fraunfelter and the Digital Scan Center, Information Technology Services.

Richard Hunter, Steve Yusko and Maarja Vigorito, Music Division, coordinated, edited and created bibliographic records for the items listed on the website.

Morgan Cundiff, Glenn Gardner, Julie Mangin, Betsy Miller and Nathan Trail, Network Development and MARC Standards Office (NDMSO), provided the technical functionality and programming for the website.

Betsy Miller, NDMSO, created the Web site’s design and user interface based on user-centered design principles.

Launch date: March 25, 2009