A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op.61 (Mendelssohn, Felix)
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Complete
Complete Score
*#52505 - 64.56MB, 180 (#1–174) pages - (0) - V/V/V - 11136x⇩
Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 15.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874-1877. Plate M.B. 117.
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Complete Score
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Fritzfritz (18 February 2009)
Irina Iordan (1910–1976)
M. Losinky, Russian text
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1960. Plate М. 27854 Г.
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Complete Score [B]
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Afp0815 (28 May 2012)
Color Cover [B]
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Afp0815 (28 May 2012)
German / English
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6056.
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Scherzo (No.1)
Complete Score
*#12113 - 2.68MB, 19 (#40-58) pages - (6) - V*/V*/V* - 3719x⇩
Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(ca.1940). Plate М. 12912 Г.
very low quality
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Wedding March (No.9)
Complete Score
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homerdundas (30 November 2010)
Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880)
Detroit: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
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Parts
Complete
Flute 1, 2
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Clarinet 1, 2 (A, B♭, C)
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Bassoon 1, 2
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Horn 1, 2 (E, D, A, G)
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Trumpet 1, 2 (E, D, C), 3 (C)
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Trombone 1, 2, 3 (alto, tenor, bass), Ophicleïde (Tuba)
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Timpani, Triangle, Cymbals
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Violins II
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Cellos / Basses
*#26249 - 1.74MB, 18 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 3610x⇩
Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880).
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933).
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Wedding March (No.9)
Flutes 1, 2
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Oboes 1, 2
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Clarinets 1, 2 (in B♭), 1, 2 (in C)
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Bassoons 1, 2
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Horns 1, 2 (in G), 1, 2 (in F)
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Trumpets 1, 2, 3 (in B♭), 1, 2, 3 (in C)
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Trombone 1, 2 (bass clef), 1, 2 (alto, tenor clef), 3, Ophicleide
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Percussion (piatti, timpani)
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Violins I, II
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Violas, Cellos, Basses
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homerdundas (9 December 2010)
Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880)
Transposed parts reprinted from a copyist's manuscript (Luck's Music Library, n.d.)
Detroit: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
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Vocal Scores
Complete Score
*#22335 - 4.88MB, 73 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 2056x⇩
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Hobbypianist (25 September 2008)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1875). Plates 13199, V.A. 146
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Selections
For Violin and Piano (Blumenthal)
For Piano 4 hands (Mendelssohn)
1. Scherzo
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2. Elfen Marsch
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3. Lied mit chor
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4. Intermezzo
*#21901 - 0.52MB, 6 pages - (1) - V/V/V - 315x⇩
5. Notturno
*#21888 - 0.50MB, 6 pages - (1) - V/V/V - 628x⇩
6. Wedding March
*#21889 - 0.53MB, 6 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 2169x⇩
7. Allegro comodo
8. Ein Tanz von Rüpeln
*#21902 - 0.34MB, 4 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 313x⇩
9. Allegro vivace
*#21903 - 0.66MB, 8 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 381x⇩
Leipzig : C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 6040. 6055
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Complete Score
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Morel (16 March 2010)
Color Cover
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Morel (16 March 2010)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 8313
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For Piano solo (Smith)
Selections: Nocturne and Marche
For Piano Trio (Vilbac, Schulz, Plock)
Piano Score
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Generoso (30 November 2009)
Violin Part
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Generoso (30 November 2009)
Cello Part
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Generoso (30 November 2009)
Renaud de Vilbac (1829–1884)
August Schulz (1837–1909)
Heinrich Plock (1829–1891)
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No.891, n.d. (ca.1870). Plate 10749.
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For Piano solo (Liszt)
Scherzo (No.1)
For Organ solo (Frederiksen)
Complete Score
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Jørgen Ellegård Frederiksen
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag all]
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For Piano solo (Rachmaninoff)
Complete Score [TB]
*#09339 - 0.84MB, 16 (#3-18) pages - (3) - V/29/14
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Izbrannie pe'sy dlia fortepiano
Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(ca.1970). Plate 3058
First published - New York: Charles Foley, 1933. Plate 26476
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag all]
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For Piano solo (Thalberg)
Complete Score
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Sigismond Thalberg (1812–1871)
Milano: R. Stabilimento Ricordi, n.d.(ca.1873). Plate 43316.
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Nocturne (No.5)
For Viola and Piano (Ritter)
Piano score
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Schalltrichter (27 February 2012)
Viola part
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Schalltrichter (4 March 2012)
Herman Ritter (1849-1926)
Leipzig: F. Kistner, n.d.[1885]. Plate 6619.
Contained in the Nitschmann Collection of Elblag Library
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For Organ solo (Frederiksen)
Notturno, for organ
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Jørgen Ellegård Frederiksen
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For Piano solo (Moszkowski)
Complete Score
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Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
The Etude Magazine, May 1920.
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co.
“Mendelssohn’s music to Midsummernight’s Dream, written in his eighteenth year, still remains the exemplar for all fairy music. The lovely nocturne, as arranged by Moszkowski, makes a beautiful piano number, retaining all the charm of the original. Grade 5.”
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Wedding March (No.9)
For String Quartet (Kowalewski)
Complete Score
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For String Quartet (Partridge)
Complete Parts
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Stephen Partridge
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For Harmonium and Piano (Vilbac)
Harmonium part
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Piano part
*#41775 - 0.58MB, 3 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 1089x⇩
Renaud de Vilbac (1829–1884)
L’Harmonium-Concertant, No. 14
Braunschweig: Collection Litolff, n.d. (ca.1879). Plate 10700 A, 10700
Monochrome 600 dpi, compr. CCITT group 4 (via GIMP).
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For Piano 4 hands (Mendelssohn)
Complete Score
*#64275 - 1.21MB, 6 pages - (3) - V/V/V - 992x⇩
Ausgabe Musikwoche 221.
Leipzig: Verlag der Musik-Woche, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate 217
Scanned at 900dpi monochrome.
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For 2 Violins (Pečar)
Complete Score
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LooneyNina (18 August 2011)
Nina Pečar
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For Organ solo (Dubois)
Complete Score
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Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
Paris: Durand & Cie., n.d.(ca.1909). Plate D.& F. 9516
Orientation: landscape
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For Organ solo (Frederiksen)
Complete score
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Jørgen Ellegård Frederiksen
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For Organ or Piano solo (Gouin)
Complete score (without pedal)
*#129980 - 0.10MB, 2 pages - (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1007x⇩
PDF file, Typeset by Pierre Gouin
Pierre Gouin (26 September 2011)
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2010
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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Piano Solo (Jaëll)
Complete Score
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Hobbypianist (22 August 2008)
Alfred Jaëll (1832-1882)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 8076
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For Piano solo (Lenschow)
Complete Score
*#122270 - 6.27MB, 6 pages - (0) - V/V/V - 1174x⇩
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WilliamBunting (13 September 2011)
Carl Lenschow (1820-1890)
Baltimore: Willig, n.d. Plate 2286.
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For Piano solo
Complete Score
*#07464 - 0.45MB, 4 (#106–109) pages - (5) - C/V/C - 4645x⇩
New York: University Society, n.d.
From an unidentified collection
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General Information
| Work Title | Musik zu Ein Sommernachtstraum |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title | A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| Composer | Mendelssohn, Felix |
|---|---|
| Opus/Catalogue Number | Op.61, MWV M 13 |
| Movements/Sections | 14 movements |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1842 |
| First Publication | Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
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| Librettist | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Language | English / German |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | voices, chorus / orchestra |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
Misc. Comments
The overture was composed some years earlier (1826) and has a separate opus number (Op.21).
- Scores from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Rietz, Julius/Editor
- Scores with links to Amazon
- Iordan, Irina/Editor
- Sibley Mirroring Project
- Works reprinted by Edwin F. Kalmus
- OM Parts
- Vilbac, Renaud de/Arranger
- Schulz, August/Arranger
- Plock, Heinrich/Arranger
- Frederiksen, Jørgen Ellegård/Arranger
- Rachmaninoff, Sergei/Arranger
- Thalberg, Sigismond/Arranger
- Scores from Biblioteka Elbląska
- Scores from Debrecen University
- Ritter, Herman/Arranger
- Moszkowski, Moritz/Arranger
- Kowalewski, Jakub/Arranger
- Partridge, Stephen/Arranger
- Manuscripts
- Pečar, Nina/Arranger
- Dubois, Théodore/Arranger
- Gouin, Pierre/Arranger
- WIMA files
- Jaëll, Alfred/Arranger
- Lenschow, Carl/Arranger
- Scores
- Mendelssohn, Felix
- Romantic
- Incidental music
- Stage Works
- For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
- Scores featuring the voice
- Scores featuring mixed chorus
- Scores featuring the orchestra
- For voices and chorus with orchestra
- German language
- For organ (arr)
- For 1 player
- Scores featuring the organ
- For piano (arr)
- Scores featuring the piano
- For violin, piano (arr)
- For 2 players
- Scores featuring the violin
- For piano 4 hands (arr)
- Scores featuring the piano 4 hands
- For violin, cello, piano (arr)
- Scores featuring the cello
- For 3 players
- For viola, piano (arr)
- Scores featuring the viola
- For 2 violins, viola, cello (arr)
- For 4 players
- Scores featuring string ensemble
- For piano, harmonium (arr)
- Scores featuring the harmonium
- For 2 violins (arr)
- Pages with arrangements
- Pages with parts
- Shakespeare, William/Librettist

