From the publisher’s description:
Granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was an extraordinary musician who left well over four hundred compositions, most of which fell into oblivion until their rediscovery late in the twentieth century. In Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn, R. Larry Todd offers a compelling, authoritative account of Hensel’s life and music, and her struggle to emerge as a publicly recognized composer.
Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Outstanding Musical Biography (2011)
Todd, R. Larry (NHC Fellow, 2007–08). Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780195180800.