Romantic Thursday: Fanny Mendelssohn – February (Das Jahr) (1841)

“Februar” (February) is a lively, piano-driven character piece by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, part of her 1841 cycle Das Jahr (The Year).

It captures the spirit of the Roman Carnival through a 6/8 time tarantella, juxtaposed with solemn, slow octaves suggesting the approach of Lent.