Ouverture, Scherzo, Notturno, Hochzeitsmarsch und Intermezzo aus der Musik zu Shakespeare's Sommernachtstraum. Componirt und für das Pianoforte arrangirt op. 61 - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix 1809-1847 (Rotterdam Vletter, de, 1844)
Keyboard arrangement by the composer
At two separate times, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (in German Ein Sommernachtstraum). 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 famous "Wedding March".
In 1844 Mendelssohn arranged three movements for piano solo (Scherzo, Nocturne, Wedding March), which received their first recording by Roberto Prosseda in 2005. Slightly better known is the composer's own arrangement, also made in 1844, of five movements for piano duet (Overture, Scherzo, Intermezzo, Nocturne, Wedding March).
Ex libris Anton A. Mittelmeijer Amsterdam (Stamp)
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Keyboard instrument; Arrangement