 Mendelssohn suffered from poor health in the final years of his life , probably aggravated by nervous problems and overwork . A final tour of England left him exhausted and ill from a hectic schedule . The death of his sister Fanny on 14 May 1847 caused him great distress . Less than six months later , on 4 November , Mendelssohn himself died in Leipzig after a series of strokes . He was 38 . His grandfather Moses , his sister Fanny and both his parents had died from similar <unk> . Felix 's funeral was held at the Paulinerkirche , Leipzig , and he was buried at the <unk> I in Berlin @-@ Kreuzberg . The pallbearers included Moscheles , Schumann and Niels Gade . Mendelssohn had once described death , in a letter to a stranger , as a place " where it is to be hoped there is still music , but no more sorrow or <unk> " . 
