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| "Ein Sommernachtstraum" "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
|---|---|
| Concert overture | |
| by Felix Mendelssohn | |
| Key | E major |
| Opus | 21 |
| Based on | Shakespeare' A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Composed | 1826 |
| Performed | 20 February 1827: Stettin |
| Ein Sommernachtstraum A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
|---|---|
| Incidental music | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mendelssohn_Wedding_March_Theme.jpg) Beginning of the "Wedding March" | |
| Opus | 61 |
| Related | including "Wedding March" and the overture |
| Composed | 1842 |
| Performed | 14 October 1843: Potsdam |
| Movements | 14 |
| Scoring | |
On two occasions, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (in German Ein Sommernachtstraum). First in 1826, near the start of his career, he wrote a concert overture (Op. 21). Later, in 1842, five years before his death, he wrote incidental music (Op. 61) for a production of the play, into which he incorporated the existing overture. The incidental music includes the famous "Wedding March".