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
Mendelssohn's autograph arrangement of the Wedding March for piano (British Library collection)
Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen
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
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
…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 (Op. 61) to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches, generally being played on a church…
Beginning of the "Wedding March"
Portrait of Mendelssohn by James Warren Childe, 1839