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Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (arr. Heifetz)
Felix Mendelssohn · 1809–1847
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- Type
- Showpiece
- Setting
- Piano
- Length
- About 4 min
- Era
- Early Romantic
- Nationality
- German
- Exam lists
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About this work
- Composed
- 1842-43
- Dedicated to
- Heinrich Conrad Schleinitz
- First performed
- 14 October 1843 in Potsdam, Neuem Palais; Voices, Orchestra, Felix Mendelssohn (conductor)
- Overture (Op.21)
- Scherzo
- [Dialog: Elfe, Droll], Elfen-Marsch
- Lied mit Chor (Titania, 2 Elfen, Chor der Elfen)
- Dialog (Oberon, Droll
- Intermezzo
- [Dialog]
- Notturno
- Dialog (Oberon, Titania, Droll, Theseus)
- Hochszeitsmarsch (Wedding March)
- Dialog, Marcia funebre
- Ein Tanz von Rüpeln
- [Scene & Dialog]
- Finale