Overture to Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream arranged as a duet for two performers, 1829? July 10 / by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

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Overture to Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream arranged as a duet for two performers, 1829? July 10 / by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

Contains Mendelssohn's autograph piano duet, arranged with his sister Fanny, of his Overture to Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream (opus 21).

1 ms. piano score (16 p.) ; 25 x 32 cm. (Obl. fo.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7620643

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847

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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (14 November 1805 – 14 May 1847) was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era. Her younger brother was composer Felix Mendelssohn. Due to her family's reservations, and to social conventions of the time about the roles of women, six of her songs were published under her brother's name. In 1829, she married artist Wilhelm Hensel and, in 1830, they had their only child, Sebastian Hensel....

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...