64 ' Heredity. 



His father, Johannes, was tenor in the choir of the Elector of 



Cologne ; 



His grandfather, Ludwig, was first singer, and then Kapell- 

 meister in the same choir. 



BELLINI, son and grandson of musicians of no great mark. 

 BENDA, Francisco (1709 1786), the principal member of a 



remarkable family of violinists ; 



His three brothers, Giovanni, Giuseppe, and Georgio ; 

 His two sons, Federico and Carolo, and two daughters; 

 His two nephews, Ernest, son of Giuseppe, and Federico, son 



of Georgio. 

 BONONCINI. His father, Antonio, and his son, Giovanni ; the latter 



was for some time in England, and the rival of Handel. 

 DONIZETTI, Gaetano ; 



His brother, Giuseppe, specially cultivated military music. 

 DUSSEK, Ladislas, a noted composer and performer ; 

 His brother, Johannes, an organist of repute ; 

 His brother, Franz, a good violinist ; 

 His daughter, Olivia, inherited her father's talent 

 EICHHORN and his two sons, who from their earliest years showed 



great talent as instrumentalists. 

 GABRIELLI, Andrea, and his nephew Giovanni. 

 HALEVY. Of Jewish origin a point worthy of note, to which 



reference will again be made ; 

 His brother, Leon, literary man and poet 

 HAYDN and his brother, who was a good organist and composer 



of church service. 

 HILLIER, Johann Adam musical composition and works on 



music ; 



His son, Friedrich Adam (1768 1812) ; 

 His grandson, Ferdinand, 'now one of the best composers in 



Germany ' in the opinion of Fetis. 

 KEISER, Reinhard, \\isfather and his daughter. 

 MENDELSSOHN, of a Jewish family; 



His grandfather, Moses, philosopher, wrote works on aesthetics ; 

 His uncle, an author ; 



His sister, a distinguished woman, a clever pianist she had a 

 share in much of the work done by her brother. 



