Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Scherzo
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Scherzo
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Editor Marco Tamanini
- Series Baton Orchestral
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM587
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Description:
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. Act I of the play was played without music and the the 'Scherzo', with its sprightly scoring, dominated by chattering winds and dancing strings, acts as an intermezzo between Acts I and II.