On two occasions, Felix Mendelssohn composed music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. First in 1826, near the start of his career, he wrote a concert overture. Later, in 1842, f
Beginning of the "Wedding March"
Portrait of Mendelssohn by James Warren Childe, 1839
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Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
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Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
…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". The overture in E major, Op. 21, was written by Mendelssohn at 17 years and 6 months old (it was finished on 6 August 1826). The near-contemporary…
Mendelssohn's autograph arrangement of the Wedding March for piano (British Library collection)