작곡가

:   Felix Mendelssohn (펠릭스 멘델스존)

장르

:  

Orchestral

스타일

:  

Incidental Music

작곡년도

:   1843

출판년도

:   1844

초연

:   Oct 14, 1843

평균연주

:   42:53

악장

1

Overture, in E major (Allegro di molto)

11:38

2

Scherzo (Entr'acte to Act 2), in G minor (Allegro vivace)

4:38

3

Act 2 : Elfenmarsch (Fairies' March), in G minor (Allegro vivace)

1:48

4

Act 2 : Bunte (O ye spotted snakes), Lied with chorus in A major/minor (Allegro ma non troppo)

4:00

5

Act 2 : Was du wirst erwachend sehn (The Spells), Lied in G major (Andante - Allegro molto)

1:24

6

Act 2 : Intermezzo, in A minor (Allegro appassionato)

3:26

7

Act 3 : Welch hausbacknes Volk (What hempen homespuns), Lied in E minor (Allegro - Allegro Molto - Andante)

5:18

8

Act 3 : Notturno, in E major (Con moto tranquillo)

6:14

9

Act 4 : Andante (Removal of the Spells), in C sharp minor

2:38

10

Act 4 : Hochzeitmarsch (Wedding March), in C major (Allegro vivace)

4:45

11

Act 5 : Fanfare (Allegro commodo) - Funeral March (Andante commodo, in C major

1:42

12

Act 5 : Ein Tanz con Rupeln (Bergomask; Dance of the Clowns), in E major (Allegro di molto)

1:41

13

Act 5 : Hochzeitmarsch reprise (Allegro vivace), in C major

3:10

14

Finale : Bei des Feuers mattem Flimmern (Through this house give glimm'ring light) (Allegro di molto)

4:36

At two separate times, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. First in 1826, near the start of his career, he wrote a concert overture (Op. 21). Later, in 1842, only a few 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 world-famous Wedding March. The German title reads Ein Sommernachtstraum.
The Overture in E major, Op. 21, was written by Mendelssohn at 17 years and 6 months old (it was finished on 6 August 1826), and George Grove called it "the greatest marvel of early maturity that the world has ever seen in music". It was written as a concert overture, not associated with any performance of the play. The Overture was written after Mendelssohn had read a German translation of the play in 1826. The translation was by August Wilhelm Schlegel, with help from Ludwig Tieck. There was a family connection as well: Schlegel's brother Friedrich married Felix Mendelssohn's aunt Dorothea.

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