A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op. 61 MWV M 13
Music to Shakespeare’s Comedy – Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
William Shakespeare (text)
[solos,fem ch,orch] 1845 duration: 45' solos: SpSS – choir: SSAA – 2. 2. 2. 2 – 2. 3. 3. 0. oph – timp. perc(2) – str
Description
After composing his Concert Overture op. 23 in the summer of 1826, Mendelssohn returned to Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream between 1842 and 1843 to compose his incidental music op. 61, based on August Wilhelm Schlegel’s translation. This music played a significant role in helping the work achieve success in German-speaking countries. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was considered an integral part of any performance of the comedy, and alternative compositions, such as by Carl Orff, were unsuccessful in competing with Mendelssohn’s popular music.
The performance material based on the edition by Christian Martin Schmidt from the Leipzig Mendelssohn Edition is available for hire in its entirety. A study score, a choral score, and a piano vocal score are offered additionally, the latter being a revision of the 1845 piano vocal score by Ernst Friedrich Richter, published by Breitkopf & Härtel in consultation with Mendelssohn. It has been thoroughly reviewed by Hellmut Döhnert in 2001 and takes dynamics and articulation into account in detail.
EB 8720
piano vocal score
EAN: 9790004180990
96 pages / 19 x 27 cm / 264 g / softcover
ChB 5305
choral score
EAN: 9790004412183
12 pages / 19 x 27 cm / 58 g / stapled
ChB 5305D
choral score
EAN: 9790004823675
14 pages / 19 x 27 cm / digital edition
PB 5396D
study score
EAN: 9790004824399
257 pages / 16.5 x 22.5 cm / digital edition
MM 2038907
hire material
Description
Description
After composing his Concert Overture op. 23 in the summer of 1826, Mendelssohn returned to Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream between 1842 and 1843 to compose his incidental music op. 61, based on August Wilhelm Schlegel’s translation. This music played a significant role in helping the work achieve success in German-speaking countries. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was considered an integral part of any performance of the comedy, and alternative compositions, such as by Carl Orff, were unsuccessful in competing with Mendelssohn’s popular music.
The performance material based on the edition by Christian Martin Schmidt from the Leipzig Mendelssohn Edition is available for hire in its entirety. A study score, a choral score, and a piano vocal score are offered additionally, the latter being a revision of the 1845 piano vocal score by Ernst Friedrich Richter, published by Breitkopf & Härtel in consultation with Mendelssohn. It has been thoroughly reviewed by Hellmut Döhnert in 2001 and takes dynamics and articulation into account in detail.
Table of contents
| Overture | |
| 1. | Scherzo |
| 2. | L’istesso tempo |
| Allegro vivace | |
| 3. | Lied with Choir |
| 4. | |
| 5. | |
| 6. | |
| 7. | |
| 8. | |
| 9. | Wedding March |
| 10. | Allegro comodo |
| Marcia funebre | |
| 11. | A Dance of Clowns |
| 12. | |
| Finale |