Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

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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
B-flat 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


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State Ratings

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

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


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