A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op.61 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Naxos

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Wedding March (No.9)

For Violin, Cello and Accordion (Teuling)

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Sheet Music

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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 15
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874-82. Plate M.B. 117.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6056.
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Editor Irina Iordan (1910–1976)
Translator M. Losinky, Russian text
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1960. Plate М. 27854 Г.
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Scherzo (No.1)

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Intermezzo (No.5)

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. (ca. 1880). Plate Part. B. 294.
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Notturno (No.7)

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Wedding March (No.9)

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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880)
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11 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (A, B♭, C) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (E, D, A, G) • Trumpet 1, 2 (E, D, C), 3 (C) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 (alto, tenor, bass), Ophicleïde (Tuba) • Timpani, Triangle, Cymbals • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos / Basses

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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Wedding March (No.9)

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9 more: Oboes 1, 2 • Clarinets 1, 2 (in B♭), 1, 2 (in C) • Bassoons 1, 2 • Horns 1, 2 (in G), 1, 2 (in F) • Trumpets 1, 2, 3 (in B♭), 1, 2, 3 (in C) • Trombone 1, 2 (bass clef; alto, tenor clefs), 3, Ophicleide • Percussion (cymbals, timpani) • Violins I, II • Violas, Cellos, Basses

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Editor Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880)
Transposed parts reprinted from a copyist's manuscript (Luck's Music Library, n.d.)
Reprinted Detroit: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
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Vocal Scores

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1875). Plates 13199, V.A. 146
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For String Quartet (Sitt)
See: Meister für die Jugend
For Piano Trio (Vilbac, Schulz, Plock)

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Arranger Renaud de Vilbac (1829–1884)
August Schulz (1837–1909)
Heinrich Plock (1829–1891)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No.891, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 10749.
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For Violin and Piano (Blumenthal)
See: Selection from Mendelssohn's 'Midsummernight's Dream' by Jacques Blumenthal
For Violin and Piano (Ernst)

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Arranger Henri Ernst
Publisher. Info. Boston: White and Goullard, 1870. Plate 44.
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For Piano 4 hands (Mendelssohn)

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. (ca.1844). Plate 7040
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Misc. Notes From the uploader's library. First of 4 separate excerpts. Score identified by former owner on cover : Emilie Faber Juillet 1875.
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8 more: 1. Scherzo • 2. Elfen Marsch • 3. Lied mit chor • 4. Intermezzo • 5. Notturno • 6. Wedding March • 7. Allegro comodo / 8. Ein Tanz von Rüpeln • 9. Allegro vivace

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 6040. 6055
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 8313.
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For Piano solo (Liszt)
See: Concert Paraphrase on Mendelssohn's 'Sommernachtstraum', S.410, by Franz Liszt
For Piano solo (Smith)
See: Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.76, by Sydney Smith

Scherzo (No.1)

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For Piano solo (Rachmaninoff)

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Arranger Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Publisher. Info. Izbrannie pe'sy dlia fortepiano
Moscow: Muzyka, (1966). Plate 3058.
First published - New York: Charles Foley, 1933. Plate 26476.
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For Piano solo (Thalberg)

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Arranger Sigismond Thalberg (1812–1871)
Publisher. Info. Milano: R. Stabilimento Ricordi, n.d.(ca.1873). Plate 43316.
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Nocturne (No.5)

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Arranger Herman Ritter (1849-1926)
Publisher. Info. Übertragungen für Viola (no.16)
Leipzig: Fr. Kistner]], n.d.[1885], Plate 6619.
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For Piano solo (Moszkowski)

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Arranger Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
Publisher. Info. The Etude Magazine, May 1920.
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Wedding March (No.9)

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For String Quartet (Partridge)

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For Violin, Cello and Piano (Sitt)

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For Accordion, Violin and Cello (Teuling)

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For Piano and Harmonium (Vilbac)

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Arranger Renaud de Vilbac (1829–1884)
Publisher. Info. L’Harmonium-Concertant, No. 14
Braunschweig: Collection Litolff, n.d. (ca.1879). Plate 10700 A, 10700
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For Piano 4 hands (Mendelssohn)

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For 2 Violins (David)
See: Unsere Lieblinge, Vol.2
For 2 Violins (Pečar)

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For Organ (Dubois)

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For Organ (Frederiksen)

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For Organ (Jackson)

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For Organ (Willing)

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For Piano solo (Jaëll)

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Arranger Alfred Jaëll (1832-1882)
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For Piano solo (Lenschow)

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Publisher. Info. Music of the Germania Musical Company.
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For Piano solo

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General Information

Work Title Musik zu Ein Sommernachtstraum
Alternative. Title A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.61, MWV M 13
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFM 107
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 14 movements
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1842
First Performance. 1826-08-26 Ouverture (Op.21)
Berlin: Abraham Mendelssohns Wohnhaus. Felix Mendelssohn, conductor.

1827-02-20 Ouverture (Op. 21) (first public performance)

Stetin: Carl Loewe, conductor

1843-10-14 Ouverture und Bühnenmusik (Opp.21 & 61)

Potsdam: Neuen Palais. Felix Mendelssohn, conductor
First Publication. 1844, 1848 - Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
  • Vocal Score - Plate 7040, 115 pages (1844)
  • Full Score - Plate 7774, 177 pages (1848)
Librettist William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language English ; German
Dedication King Friedrich Wilhelm IV
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus / orchestra
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  • The overture was composed some years earlier (1826) and has a separate opus number (Op.21).