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In being among the first female composers to have their works published, Fanny established a precedent for the acceptance of women into a traditionally male-.

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Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn

Composer Fanny Hensel (1805–1847) lived for much of her life in the shadow of her more famous brother, Felix Mendelssohn. Most of her works were known only to her family and her immediate circle of acquaintances, but renewed interest in the music of women composers led to the rediscovery of her works and convinced many researchers and musicians that her talent was unique.

Hensel's musical career suffered because the middle-class German family in which she grew up held the typical belief that women should devote themselves to domesticity and child-rearing, pursuing creative work as a strictly limited hobby if at all.

It was her brother Felix who steered her away from publishing her music, which would have led to wider renown; her husband, painter Wilhelm Hensel, encouraged her work, and she began to publish some of her more than 500 compositions shortly before her sudden death at age 41.

Although he worked to squash her career, Felix Mendelssohn was wel