Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

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Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is an orchestral concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn inspired by Goethe’s poems about maritime travel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert overture ⓘ
approximateDuration 10 minutes ⓘ
associatedWith Berlin Singakademie ⓘ
catalogNumber MWV P 5 ⓘ
composer Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
dateComposed 1828 ⓘ
depicts a calm, windless sea ⓘ
a successful sea voyage ⓘ
the onset of wind and motion ⓘ
genre programmatic overture ⓘ
hasKeySection transition from calm to storm ⓘ
triumphant closing passage ⓘ
hasPart faster section representing prosperous voyage ⓘ
slow introduction representing calm sea ⓘ
influencedBy Goethe's maritime imagery ⓘ
inspiredBy Goethe poem "Glückliche Fahrt" ⓘ
Goethe poem "Meeresstille" ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
key D major ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Berlin Philharmonic ⓘ
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 27 ⓘ
originalTitle Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
premiereConductor Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
premiereDate 1828-09-07 ⓘ
premiereLocation Berlin ⓘ
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
relatedWork A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture ⓘ
Hebrides Overture ⓘ
revisedIn 1828 ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
structure single movement ⓘ
style early Romantic orchestral style ⓘ
title Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation brass ⓘ
strings ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput early orchestral overture of Mendelssohn ⓘ

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Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage → title → Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage ⓘ