Consolation, Op. 30 No.3 is from Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte), a series of short lyrical piano songs by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn, written between 1829 and 1845.
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. The melody for the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is also his.
