A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op.21 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1834]. Plate 5542.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): C785/1
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874. Plate M.B. 7.
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Misc. Notes #382036 This score includes measure numbers. Part of the research project
Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850
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Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. J. Maberry
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Misc. Notes Source: Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Theatre Orchestra (Tobani)
Arranger Theodore Moses Tobani (1855–1933)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, n.d.(ca.1902). Plate 7209-73.
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For Piano Quintet (Weiss)

4 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello

Arranger Julius Weiss (1814-1898)
Editor Gustav Saenger (1865-1935)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1917. Plate 19354-57.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Composer?)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(1846). Plate 7471.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Hermann)
Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig : C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6026.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Keller)
Arranger Robert Keller (1828-1891)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 7489.
Reissue - 1913.
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For Piano 4 hands (Kogel)
Arranger Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849-1921)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. (ca.1877). Plate 6040
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For Piano 4 hands
Publisher. Info. Paris: Richault, n.d.(ca.1839). Plate R.3168
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Misc. Notes From a plate engraved score in the uploader's Moulis-Gauckler-Herrenschmidt Archive. This arrangement is different than the other anonymous one below.
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Publisher. Info. Potpourri No.427
Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1868). Plate 4863.
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For Violin and Piano (Rauch)
Arranger Johannes N. Rauch
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.[1878]. Plate 10444.
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For Organ (Frederiksen)
Arranger Jørgen Ellegård Frederiksen
Publisher. Info. Jørgen Ellegård Frederiksen
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For Piano (Horn)
Arranger August Horn (1825-1893)
Publisher. Info. 9 Overtüren von Mendelssohn, Kreutzer, Nicolai (pp.30-39)
Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, n.d. Plate 69.
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For Piano
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Litolff, No.9190, n.d. Plate 10708.
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Misc. Notes dimensioni originali: 27x35 cm
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Dance of the Clowns (Rupeltanz)

For String Quartet (Sitt)
See: Meister für die Jugend
For Piano (Kleinmichel)
See: Ballet-Album by Richard Kleinmichel
For Piano (Dunstan)
See: 101 Classics by Ralph Dunstan

General Information

Work Title Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream
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
Felix Mendelssohn (conductor)

1827-02-20 in Stettin (first public performance)

Carl Loewe (conductor)
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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