Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (arr. Blair)

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General Info

Year: 1826 / 1842 /
Duration: c. 4:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

Flute (doubles piccolo & alto)
Oboe
Bb Soprano Clarinet
Horn in F
Bassoon

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Woodwind Ambassadors - 16 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Scherzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (1823/2021)

All Wind Works

• Concertpiece No 2 (arr. Gee) (1831 / 1964)
• Fingal's Cave Overture (tr. Winterbottom) (1832/1910)
• Fingal's Cave Overture (tr. Seredy) (1832/1946)
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Holcombe) (1840/1997)
• Notturno (arr. Hautvast) (1842/2005)
• March, Opus 108 (arr. Stalter) (1841/2011)
• Midsummer Night's Dream (ed. Laurendeau) (1826/1904/1909)
• Nottorno. See: Ouvertüre in C für Harmoniemusik
• Ouvertüre in C für Harmoniemusik (ed. Hogwood) (1824/1838/2005)
• Overture for Band (ed. Garofalo) (1824/1838/1998)
• Overture for Band (adapt. Greissle) (1839/1948)
• Overture for Band, Opus 24 (tr. Fred) (1824/1981)
• Overture for Winds (Mendelssohn) (adapt. Boyd) (1824/1981)
• Overture for Winds (ed. Patterson) (1824/2008)
• Ruy Blas Overture (tr. Moses-Tobani) (1839/1900)
• Scherzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (1823/2021)
• Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (arr. Blair) (1842)
• Selections from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (arr. Tarkmann) (1842/1997)
• Spring Song (arr. Laurendeau) (1844/1898)
• War March of the Priests (2013) (ar. Stalter)

Resources

• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn), Wikipedia Accessed 13 December 2015