Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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Composition Year | 1826 (August 6) |
Genre Categories | Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
Work Title | Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream |
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Alternative. Title | Ein Sommernachstraum after Shakespeare |
Composer | Mendelssohn, Felix |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.21 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFM 108 |
Key | E major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 overture (686 bars) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1826 (August 6) |
First Performance. | 1826-08-26 in Berlin, Abraham Mendelssohns Wohnhaus
1827-02-20 in Stettin (first public performance)
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First Publication. | 1832 - London: J.B. Cramer, Addison & Beale // Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel |
Dedication | dem Kronprinzen von Preussen gewidmet (Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1795–1861)) |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 12 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | orchestra |
InstrDetail | 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 2 horns, 2 trumpets, ophicleide, timpani, strings |
External Links | Wikipedia article (both overture and incidental music) All Music Guide |
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