"Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory"
AUTHOR: Percy Bysshe Shelley
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Music resides in your memory
long after it is heard."
GRANADA ADV. STRINGS
TESTING: NO CLASS
1. VIOLIN
a. DOCUMENTARY: "SMALL WONDERS"
1) Students took down important notes to turn in
HILLVIEW
1. VIOLIN
a. Bow Preparation
b. Bow Hold
1. BACH
a. Questions 9 and 10
COMPOSER
MENDELSSOHN
MENDELSSOHN
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| Arthur Rackham: Act II, scene II (1908) |
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM
Overture Opus 21
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, 1997
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| Arthur Rackham: A Fairy from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 1906 |
The Overture in E major, Op. 21, was written
in 1826 by Mendelssohn at 17 years and 6
months old near the start of his career. It was
written as a concert overture and originally not
associated with any performance of the play.
The Overture was written after Mendelssohn
had read a German translation of the
William Shakespeare
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| William Shakespeare |
In 1842, only a few years before his death,
Mendelssohn received a commission from
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia |
to write some music for a Potsdam production of
the play of A Midsummer Night's Dream (the
German title reads "Ein Sommernachtstraum")
to which he wrote incidental music (Op. 61)
into which he incorporated the
earlier existing Overture.
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM
Overture Opus 21
Incidental Music Opus 61
(Complete)
Arturo Toscanini, Conductor
NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1947
I. Overture (00:10)
II. Intermezzo (11:26)
III. Nocturne (15:06)
IV. Scherzo (20:36)
V. Wedding March (24:56)
VI. Finale (29:41)
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| Arthur Rackham: King and Queen of the fairies - Oberon and Titania |
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| William Blake: Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing, c.1786 |
The incidental music
includes the world-
famous Wedding March.
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM
Incidental Music Opus 61
"Wedding March"
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| Midsummer Night's Dream - Marc Chagall |
Queen Victoria and her husband Albert
were very fond of Mendelssohn and
loved to spend afternoons playing the
composer's "Songs Without Words"
and singing selections from his oratorios.
Mendelssohn often used to play for the
royal family while on his visits to Britain.
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| Prince Albert played the organ in the Old Library in Buckingham Palace in the presence of Queen Victoria and Felix Mendelssohn (1842) |
So, on Jan. 25, 1858 the Wedding March
was performed in a royal wedding as a
recessional (commonly performed as the
bridal party files out at the end of the
service) for the marriage of princess
Victoria, The Princess Royal (the oldest
child of Queen Victoria) and Prince
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| Princess Victoria Royal Marriage January 25,1858 |
The event was enough to set a standard
for ages to come and after this it
became popular at weddings.
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Gustave Doré: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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| http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/m/a-midsummer-nights-dream/character-map |
GRANADA ADV. STRINGS
TESTING: NO CLASS
INTRO. TO INSTRUMENTS
GRANADA1. VIOLIN
a. DOCUMENTARY: "SMALL WONDERS"
1) Students took down important notes to turn in
HILLVIEW
1. VIOLIN
a. Bow Preparation
b. Bow Hold
1. BACH
a. Questions 9 and 10
GRANADA BEG. STRINGS
1. HO HEY
2. CIELITO LINDO
3. CHARIOTS OF FIRE
2. CIELITO LINDO
3. CHARIOTS OF FIRE
HILLVIEW ORCHESTRA
1. ELEANOR RIGBY
2. VIVA LA VIDA
1. ELEANOR RIGBY
2. VIVA LA VIDA