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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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
Romance of the Violin → hasPart → Track: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Romance of the Violin"
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage → relatedWork → A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture ⓘ
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ruy Blas Overture → relatedWork → A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture ⓘ
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Here Comes the Bride → distinctFrom → Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy → notableWork → A Midsummer Night’s Dream (incidental music, including the Wedding March) ⓘ
subject linked to: Bartholdy
linked to: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream