"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."
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Other famous movements included
in "Incidental Music" from A
Midsummer Night's Dream are the
"Scherzo" and the "Nocturne."
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Mendelssohn's Music
Set Into a Ballet
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LISTENING GUIDES/LESSON PLANS
http://www.akronsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/
2013/09/MIDSUMMER-EDUCATION-PACKET.pdf
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COMPOSER
MENDELSSOHN
MENDELSSOHN
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| Arthur Rackham: Act II, scene II (1908) |
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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
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
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.
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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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| Charles Sims: Titania’s awakening, 1896 |
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| William Blake: Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing, c.1786 |
The incidental music
includes the world-
famous Wedding March.
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Incidental Music Opus 61
"Wedding March"
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| Marc Chagall: Midsummer Night's Dream |
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 |
Even though it was not Mendelssohn's original
intention that this piece be performed for
ceremonial events the use of this music by Victoria was
enough to set a standard for ages to come as a
popular piece to be played at weddings.
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| Edwin Landseer |
in "Incidental Music" from A
Midsummer Night's Dream are the
"Scherzo" and the "Nocturne."
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| Arthur Rackham |
NIGHT'S DREAM
Incidental Music Opus 61
"Scherzo"
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
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SCHERZO LESSON PLAN
CLASSICS FOR KIDS
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Incidental Music Opus 61
"Scherzo"
Piano Transcription
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Transcriber
Sequeira Costa, Piano
"Scherzo"
Piano Transcription
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Transcriber
Sequeira Costa, Piano
SCHERZO LESSON PLAN
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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| Warwick Goble |
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Incidental Music Opus 61
"Nocturne"
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Incidental Music Opus 61
"Nocturne"
Michail Jurowski, Conductor
Moscow City Symphony - Russian Philharmonic
Set Into a Ballet
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Ballet
(Complete)
George Balanchine, Choreographer
Ballet
(Complete)
George Balanchine, Choreographer
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Gustave Doré: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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LINKS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(Mendelssohn)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_March_(Mendelssohn)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_March_(Mendelssohn)
LISTENING GUIDES/LESSON PLANS
http://www.akronsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/
2013/09/MIDSUMMER-EDUCATION-PACKET.pdf
https://kwsymphony.ca/education/guide_what_can_music_do.PDF
http://www.a2so.com/sites/default/files/OnceUponATimpani.pdf
http://www.cie.org.uk/images/88918-teachers-guide-to-prescribed-works-2014.pdf
http://www.a2so.com/sites/default/files/OnceUponATimpani.pdf
http://www.cie.org.uk/images/88918-teachers-guide-to-prescribed-works-2014.pdf
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/
46/Walk%20Through%20a%20Midsummer%20Night.pdf
46/Walk%20Through%20a%20Midsummer%20Night.pdf
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/
2022/6807/AListernersSurvey_Paper.pdf?sequence=1
2022/6807/AListernersSurvey_Paper.pdf?sequence=1
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| Christian Schloe: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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Animaniacs
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Cartoons for Children
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Spark Notes Summary
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A MIDSUMMER
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ABRIDGED
A Short, Silly Synopsis
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| Edward Robert Hughes: Midsummer Eve |
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| http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/m/a-midsummer-nights-dream/character-map |
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| Henry Meynell Rheam: A Midsummers Night's Dream |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Trailer, 1935
