Volume 51, Number 20 · December 16, 2004
The Mendelssohn Children
By Arthur Naiman, Reply by Lewis Lockwood
In response to Which Is the Real Mendelssohn?
(November 4, 2004)
To the Editors:
There are at least two errors in Lewis Lockwood's review of books on Mendelssohn in your November 4 issue: Fanny wasn't Felix's younger sister—she was more than three years older; and they were two of Leah and Abraham's four children, not six. These aren't obscure facts; they're clearly stated in at least one of the books Lockwood was reviewing.
Arthur Naiman
Lewis Lockwood replies:
Mr. Naiman is right on both points, and I take responsibility for these two factual errors.
