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Question.

When you listen to the following piece of music, what is the first word that jumps to mind?

Exactly. Shakespeare.

That famous piece of music, now known as the Wedding March, was composed as an overture by Felix Mendelssohn.

He was just 17 when he wrote it. By that age, he had already composed four operas and 12 string symphonies, and was a wonderful pianist, violinist, and accomplished artist. At 17, I was an accomplished grocery beggar at A&P. Mendelssohn was a child prodigy.

Years later, he was commissioned by the King of Prussia to compose some incidental music for a production

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