A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op. 21 MWV P 3
Concert Overture No. 1 – Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
[orch] duration: 12' 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.0.0.oph – timp – str
Christian Martin Schmidt is laying bare to musical practice the original form of Mendelssohn’s epoch-making Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.
You will find the complete work of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy under w4280.
Description
To this day, Mendelssohns epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream has been performed on the basis of a more than dubious transmission. Neither the first edition of the parts (1832), and certainly not the print of the score based on these parts (1835) go back directly to the autograph of the 17-year-old composer, which is now located in Krakow. No wonder, since Mendelssohn had breezily given away his original at an early date. The result: during his lifetime, versions were published with his authorization, even though they were full of unintended inconsistencies. Yet the autograph of 1826 is unequivocal: it is clear, practically free of irregularities and diverges considerably from the corrupted printed version. Christian Martin Schmidt comes up with occasionally differing musical passages, but above all with logical and compositionally compelling performance instructions, laying bare to musical practice the original form buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.
PB 5364
score
EAN: 9790004211458
72 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 319 g / stapled
PB 5364D
score
EAN: 9790004823286
74 pages / 25 x 32 cm / digital edition
OB 5364-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004337387
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 69 g / stapled
OB 5364-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004337394
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 70 g / stapled
OB 5364-19
viola
EAN: 9790004337400
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 54 g / stapled
OB 5364-23
violoncello
EAN: 9790004337417
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 53 g / stapled
OB 5364-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004337424
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 54 g / stapled
OB 5364-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004337431
56 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 253 g / folder