Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a celebrated orchestral work and incidental music score inspired by Shakespeare's play, renowned for its sparkling Overture and the famous Wedding March.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf incidental music
musical composition
associatedWithOccasion wedding ceremonies
basedOn William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream
catalogNumber Op. 21
Op. 61
commissionedBy King Frederick William IV of Prussia
composer Felix Mendelssohn
countryOfOrigin Germany
firstPerformanceCountry Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
firstPerformanceLocation Potsdam
genre incidental music
program music
hasPart Intermezzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
historicalSignificance important work of early Romantic orchestral repertoire
one of the earliest examples of concert overture
incidentalMusicComposedInYear 1842
includesVoices mezzo-soprano solo
soprano solo
women's chorus
influenced later Romantic program music
inKeyOfOverture E major
inspiredBy Shakespearean comedy
key E major
language instrumental
movementCount multiple movements
nocturneKey E major
notableFor use of high woodwinds and strings to depict fairies
notableSection Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
oftenRecordedWith complete incidental music Op. 61
standalone concert overture Op. 21
overtureComposedAtAge 17
overtureComposedInYear 1826
period Romantic era
premiereDateOfIncidentalMusic 1843
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel
scherzoKey G minor
scoring symphony orchestra
style light, fairy-like orchestration
typicalPerformanceContext concert hall
theatrical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream
weddingMarchKey C major

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) musicIncorporates Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn notableWork Incidental music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn notableWork Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Edward Williams notableWork A Midsummer Night's Dream (television score)
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream hasPart Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream hasPart Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream hasPart Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream hasPart Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream hasPart Intermezzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream notableSection Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream notableSection Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream notableSection Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream