A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nocturne
available
Delivered by e-mail by the publisher
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nocturne
PDF view

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Nocturne

available
Delivered by e-mail by the publisher
Digital Download: Personalized PDF delivered directly by the publisher via email within 1–2 business days. Licensed strictly for exclusive use by the purchaser.
  • Credit Card
  • Rechnung Invoice
  • PayPal
  • Sepa

Not available in all countries. Learn more

EU harmonised legal guarantee notice

Description:

  • Term: 5:30
  • Genre: Classical Music, Concert Music
Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Prussia. The music became one of Mendelssohn's most popular works.
The purely instrumental movements ('Overture', 'Scherzo', 'Intermezzo', 'Nocturne', 'Wedding March', and 'Bergamask') are often played as a unified suite or as independent pieces at concert performances.
The 'Nocturne' is the seventh movement. Dutch arranger Gerard Posch transcribed this movement for a small Symphonic Band.