A Music for William Shakespeare play by Felix Mendelssohn
Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847), composed music for William Shakespeare's famous play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Near the start of his career in 1826, Mendelssohn wrote a concert overture in E major (Op. 21). He was then 17 years and 6 months old. This overture music was not associated with any performance of the play. He completed it on August 6, 1826. The prominent engineer and writer on music, Sir George Grove called the piece "the greatest marvel of early maturity that the world has ever seen in music.
Five years before his death at the young age of 38, Mendelssohn wrote an incidental music (Op.61) of a play production, in which he incorporated the earlier overture music he created. The incidental music (German title: Ein Sommernachtstraum) includes the world-famous Wedding March.
