A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op.21 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Composition Year 1826 (August 6)
Genre Categories Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (arr); For 5 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For 2 pianos 8 hands (arr); For 4 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For piano (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#683559 - 20.76MB, 80 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 367×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2021/3/22)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1834]. Plate 5542.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): C785/1
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 Complete Score
#27213 - 43.22MB, 56 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 35077×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Perlnerd666 (2009/1/24)

 Complete Score
#382036 - 41.17MB, 56 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3265×⇩ - Dandeutsch

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Dandeutsch (2015/6/15)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Werke, Serie 2
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1874. Plate M.B. 7.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes #382036 This score includes measure numbers. Part of the research project
Romantic Overtures, 1820-1850
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Parts

 Trumpet 1, 2 (B♭ - transposed)
#59173 - 0.27MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5226×⇩ - J. Maberry

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J. Maberry (2010/3/16)

Editor Julius Rietz (1812-1877)
Publisher. Info. J. Maberry
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Source: Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Theatre Orchestra (Tobani)

 Complete Parts
#561592 - 10.62MB, 52 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 257×⇩ - Jaquick

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Jaquick (2019/2/14)

Arranger Theodore Moses Tobani (1855–1933)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, n.d.(ca.1902). Plate 7209-73.
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For Piano Quintet (Weiss)

 Violin and Piano score
#336893 - 3.06MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 898×⇩ - Afp0815

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⇒ 4 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello

 Violin 1
#336889 - 0.80MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1095×⇩ - Afp0815

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 Violin 2
#336890 - 0.77MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 444×⇩ - Afp0815

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 Viola
#336891 - 0.67MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 432×⇩ - Afp0815

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 Cello
#336892 - 0.43MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 513×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/30)

Arranger Julius Weiss (1814-1898)
Editor Gustav Saenger (1865-1935)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1917. Plate 19354-57.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Composer?)

 Piano 1
#60475 - 0.98MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1382×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/4/1)

 Piano 2
#60476 - 0.75MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 511×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/4/1)

Arranger Composer?
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1846). Plate 7471.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Hermann)

 Complete Score
#162879 - 3.73MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 769×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/12/9)

Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 6026.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Keller)

 Piano 1
#24563 - 2.44MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 744×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 Piano 2
#91244 - 1.40MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 350×⇩ - Chimark

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Chimark (2011/1/26)

Arranger Robert Keller (1828–1891)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 7489.
Reissue - 1913.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For Piano 4 hands (Kogel)

 Complete Score
#29577 - 1.20MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2210×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2009/3/15)

Arranger Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849–1921)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1877). Plate 6040.
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For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
#267351 - 1.36MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 824×⇩ - Jurabe

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Jurabe (2013/1/25)

Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Paris: Richault, n.d.(ca.1839). Plate R. 3168.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From a plate engraved score in the uploader's Moulis-Gauckler-Herrenschmidt Archive. This arrangement is different than the other anonymous one below.
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 Complete Score
#110473 - 2.57MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 936×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/7/22)

Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Potpourri No.427
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1868). Plate 4863.
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For Violin and Piano (Rauch)

 Complete Score and Part
#555939 - 4.80MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 73×⇩ - LinBoHe

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LinBoHe (2019/1/6)

Arranger Johannes N. Rauch
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d.[1878]. Plate 10444.
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For Organ (Frederiksen)

 Complete Score
#195251 - 1.51MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3041×⇩ - arranger

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arranger (2012/3/30)

Arranger Jørgen Ellegård Frederiksen
Publisher. Info. Jørgen Ellegård Frederiksen
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For Piano (Horn)

 Complete Score
#372704 - 1.66MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 543×⇩ - Lekro

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Lekro (2015/4/5)

Arranger August Horn (1825–1893)
Publisher. Info. 9 Overtüren von Mendelssohn, Kreutzer, Nicolai (pp.30-39)
Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, n.d. Plate 69.
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For Piano

 Complete Score
#100290 - 3.33MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5382×⇩ - Andrewshoulder

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Andrewshoulder (2011/4/29)

Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate 10708.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes dimensioni originali: 27x35 cm
Listed as overture No.9190 on the title page, though this number does not indicate a Collection Litolff edition number. The rationale behind the numbering here is unclear.
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Dance of the Clowns (Rupeltanz)

For String Quartet (Sitt)
See: Meister für die Jugend
For Piano (Kleinmichel)
See: Ballet-Album by Richard Kleinmichel
For Piano (Dunstan)
See: 101 Classics by Ralph Dunstan

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General Information

Work Title Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream
Alternative. Title Ein Sommernachstraum after Shakespeare
Composer Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.21
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFM 108
Key E major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 overture (686 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1826 (August 6)
First Performance. 1826-08-26 in Berlin, Abraham Mendelssohns Wohnhaus
Felix Mendelssohn (conductor)

1827-02-20 in Stettin (first public performance)

Carl Loewe (conductor)
First Publication. 1832 - London: J.B. Cramer, Addison & Beale // Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
Dedication dem Kronprinzen von Preussen gewidmet (Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1795–1861))
Average DurationAvg. Duration 12 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation orchestra
InstrDetail 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, ophicleide, timpani, strings
External Links Wikipedia article (both overture and incidental music)
All Music Guide

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