Editing Felix Mendelssohn (section)

===Editor===
Mendelssohn's interest in baroque music was not limited to the Bach ''St Matthew Passion'' which he had revived in 1829. He was concerned in preparing and editing such music, whether for performance or for publication, to be as close as possible to the original intentions of the composers, including wherever possible a close study of early editions and manuscripts. This could lead him into conflict with publishers; for instance, his edition of Handel's oratorio ''[[Israel in Egypt]]'' for the London Handel Society (1845) evoked an often contentious correspondence, with Mendelssohn refusing for example to add [[dynamics (music)|dynamics]] where not given by Handel, or to add parts for [[trombone]]s. Mendelssohn also edited a number of Bach's works for organ, and apparently discussed with Robert Schumann the possibility of producing a complete Bach edition.{{sfn|Brown|2003|pp=40–46}}