Who wrote the 'Wedding March' taken from his incidental music to Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' written in 1842?
"Melusine (Die schöne Melusine)"" (1830). A contemporary writer considered these works as ""perhaps the most beautiful overtures that, so far, we Germans possess"". Mendelssohn also wrote in 1839 an overture to ""Ruy Blas"", commissioned for a charity performance of Victor Hugo's drama (which the composer hated) His incidental music to ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (Op. 61), including the well-known Wedding March, was written in 1843, seventeen years after the Overture. The Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1844), was written for Ferdinand David. David, who had worked closely with Mendelssohn during the piece's preparation, gave the premiere of the"
"was rebuilt. Mendelssohn's ""Wedding March"" from ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" was played at the wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Victoria, The Princess Royal, to Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia in 1858, and it remains popular at marriage ceremonies. Mendelssohn's pupil Sterndale Bennett was a major force in British musical education until his death in 1875, and a great upholder of his master's traditions; he numbered among his pupils many of the next generation of English composers, including Sullivan, Hubert Parry and Francis Edward Bache. By the early twentieth century, many critics, including Bernard Shaw, began to condemn Mendelssohn's music"
"Bridal Chorus The ""Bridal Chorus"" () from the 1850 opera ""Lohengrin"" by German composer Richard Wagner – who also wrote the libretto – is a march played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout the Western world. In English-speaking countries it is generally known as ""Here Comes the Bride"" or ""Wedding March"", though ""wedding march"" refers to any piece in march tempo accompanying the entrance or exit of the bride, notably Felix Mendelssohn's ""Wedding March"". The piece was made popular when it was used as the processional at the wedding of Victoria the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick"
"ancient Greece. The term is occasionally used beyond poetry, for example to describe Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". Johann Wanning of Danzig is the composer of the first known musical ""epithalamium"", a two-movement work for six voices, probably composed in the 1580s. In Richard Wagner's ""Lohengrin"", the Bridal March (Treulich Geführt) of Act 3 is also called ""Epithalamium"" in several program notes: concert in London, 26 March 1855; concert in Paris, 25 January 1860; concert in Brussels, 24 March 1860. The ""Epithalamium of Vindex"" is a popular aria from ""Néron"" opera by Anton Rubinstein (composed in 1875–76, premiered in"
"an opera was on Gilbert's mind for many years. The project was mooted in 1876 as a successor to ""Trial by Jury"". Arthur Sullivan would have composed the score, and the composer's brother Fred (""Trial""'s Learned Judge) would have played the bridegroom, Woodpecker Tapping, but the opera didn't materialise, perhaps due to the illness that ultimately led to Fred's early death. The script of ""The Wedding March"" makes several references to an Irish song called ""Haste to the Wedding"", which became the title of the later version. By the 1890s, Gilbert's partnership with Sullivan had unravelled, and Gilbert had to"
"most of his work as a composer, publishing a version of Goethe's ""Erlkönig"" in 1824 (written 1817/18) which some say rivals Schubert's far more famous version. He went on to set many other poets' works, including Friedrich Rückert, and translations of William Shakespeare and Lord Byron. In 1821 he married Julie von Jacob, who died in 1823. His second wife, Auguste Lange, was an accomplished singer, and they appeared together in his oratorio performances with great success. On 20 February 1827, he conducted the first performance of the 18-year-old Felix Mendelssohn's Overture ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", Op. 21. He and"
"of which are often played for the entry of the bride. The first time that Mendelssohn's ""Wedding March"" was used at a wedding was when Dorothy Carew wed Tom Daniel at St Peter's Church, Tiverton, England, on 2 June 1847 when it was performed by organist Samuel Reay. However, it did not become popular at weddings until it was selected by Victoria, The Princess Royal for her marriage to Prince Frederick William of Prussia on 25 January 1858. The bride was the daughter of Queen Victoria, who loved Mendelssohn's music and for whom Mendelssohn often played while on his visits"
"A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera) A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William Shakespeare's play, ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". It was premiered on 11 June 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival, conducted by the composer and with set and costume designs by Carl Toms. Stylistically, the work is typical of Britten, with a highly individual sound-world – not strikingly dissonant or atonal, but replete with subtly atmospheric harmonies and tone painting. The role of Oberon was composed for the countertenor Alfred"
"The Tempest (Sullivan) The Tempest incidental music, Op. 1, is a set of movements for Shakespeare's play composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1861 and expanded in 1862. This was Sullivan's first major composition, and its success quickly brought him to the attention of the musical establishment in England. Sullivan wrote his incidental music to Shakespeare's play as his graduation piece while a conservatory student at Leipzig. Felix Mendelssohn was much admired by the tutors at the Leipzig Conservatory, and Sullivan's music, following the pattern of Mendelssohn's famous score for ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", was chosen for inclusion in the Conservatory’s"
"Alex Mendelssohn Alex Mendelssohn (30 May 1935 - 10 December 2017) was an outback artist and opal miner in Australia of Hungarian descent, also known by his birth name ""Sándor Mendelssohn"" (variant of the name Alexander in Hungary). He was the great-great-grandson of Felix Mendelssohn, the Romantic German composer who gave the world the famous ""Wedding March"" overture. Reflecting on his 200-year ancestry at an interview with ""Adelaide Now"" (September 2000), Alex Mendelssohn was quoted as saying ""He (Felix Mendelssohn) composed on piano, and I compose on canvas."" In another interview """"His Colorful Life"""", he professed to Kristina Meredith of"
"orchestral categories. On May 1, 1916, Frederick Stock and the orchestra recorded the Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohn's music to ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" for Columbia Records. Stock and the CSO made numerous recordings for Columbia and the Victor Talking Machine Company/RCA Victor. The Chicago Symphony's first electrical recordings were made for Victor in December 1925, including a performance of Karl Goldmark's ""In Springtime"" overture. These early electrical recordings were made in Victor's Chicago studios; within a couple of years Victor began recording the CSO in Orchestra Hall. Stock continued recording for Columbia and RCA Victor until his death in"
"that Lefranc did not originate it. It was first suggested in 1899 by John Phelps. Other of Lefranc's arguments were disputed. The claim that Shakespeare parodied Lloyd's literary work was soon attacked on the grounds that Shakespeare's worthies do not correspond to Lloyd's. E.A.J. Honigmann pointed out that the first production of ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" was performed at Derby's wedding banquet, not to mention that the bride's father was none other than Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. The most energetic Derbyite after Lefranc was the chemist Arthur Walsh Titherley, who became Derby's principal advocate in the mid-20th"
"-1849. Mendelssohn's complete ""Midsummer Night's Dream"" music is said to have been first played by Gungl's orchestra. In 1853 he became bandmaster to the 23rd Infantry Regiment at Brno, but in 1864 he moved to Munich, and in 1876 at Frankfurt, after having conducted with great success a series of promenade concerts at the Covent Garden in London in 1873. From Frankfurt, Gungl went to Weimar to live with his daughter, a well-known German opera singer, and died there. Gungl was a very prolific composer, and in his lifetime composed no less than 436 dances, the most popular of which"
"A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals) who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. The play consists of four"
"The Midsummer Marriage The Midsummer Marriage is an opera in three acts, with music and libretto by Michael Tippett. The work's first performance was at Covent Garden, 27 January 1955, conducted by John Pritchard. The reception of the opera was controversial, over perceived confusion as to the libretto and Tippett's use of symbols and psychological references. Nonetheless the opera has received at least ten more productions, including two further productions at the Royal Opera, in England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, Sweden and the United States. The premiere performance was recorded, and has been issued on compact disc. Covent Garden first revived"
"The Dreaming (musical) The Dreaming is a musical written by Howard Goodall and Charles Hart, based on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream but reset in the Edwardian period. Jack, a young blacksmith's son, sits at the edge of the forest, waiting for the arrival of ""Thursday's Children"", mythical fairy creatures that supposedly live in the forest, appearing only at Midsummer's Eve. Midsummer's Day also happens to be the coming of age of Lord Melstock, a local noble, who has escaped from the stress of ruling. He tells his wife Henrietta about the legend of the local spirits that dwell"
"This was followed by incidental music for Sophocles' ""Oedipus"" (Potsdam, 1 November 1845; published posthumously as Op. 93) and Jean Racine's ""Athalie"" (Berlin, 1 December 1845; Op. 74). The ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" Overture, Op. 21, originally written as an independent piece 16 years earlier, was incorporated into the Op. 61 incidental music as its overture, and the first of its 14 numbers. There are also vocal sections and other purely instrumental movements, including the Scherzo, Nocturne and ""Wedding March"". The vocal numbers include the song ""Ye spotted snakes"" and the melodramas ""Over hill, over dale"", ""The Spells"", ""What hempen"
"London had an orchestra in the pit. In 1826, Felix Mendelssohn wrote his well-known overture to Shakespeare's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", and later supplied the play with incidental music. In Verdi's ""La Traviata"", Violetta receives a letter from Alfredo's father where he writes that Alfredo now knows why she parted from him and that he forgives her (""Teneste la promessa...""). In her speaking voice, she intones the words of what is written, while the orchestra recapitulates the music of their first love from Act I: this is technically melodrama. In a few moments Violetta bursts into a passionate despairing aria"
"Haste to the Wedding Haste to the Wedding is a three-act comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by George Grossmith, based on Gilbert's 1873 play, ""The Wedding March"". The opera was the most ambitious piece of composition undertaken by Grossmith. The piece was produced under the management of Charles Wyndham at the Criterion Theatre, London, opening on 27 July 1892. It closed on 20 August 1892, after a run of just 22 performances. Although a failure, the opera introduced the 18-year-old George Grossmith, Jr., the composer's son, to the London stage. He would go on"
"aunt's. Everyone is reconciled. Woodpecker and Maria go into the house together. Act I Act II Act III Haste to the Wedding Haste to the Wedding is a three-act comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by George Grossmith, based on Gilbert's 1873 play, ""The Wedding March"". The opera was the most ambitious piece of composition undertaken by Grossmith. The piece was produced under the management of Charles Wyndham at the Criterion Theatre, London, opening on 27 July 1892. It closed on 20 August 1892, after a run of just 22 performances. Although a failure, the"
"Dream of a Summer Night Dream of a Summer Night (, also spelled as ""Dream of a Summer's Night"") is a 1983 Italian musical film written and directed by Gabriele Salvatores, at his directorial debut. Based on a rock musical directed by the same Salvatores, it is a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". It was screened in the ""De Sica"" section at the 40th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. The wedding day of Teseo and Ippolita, two young heirs of the Milanese bourgeoisie, is near. Everything has been arranged: the party will take place"
"thus uniting the wedding theme of ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", with the celebration of William and Mary's anniversary. Audio Video Notes Sources The Fairy-Queen The Fairy-Queen (1692; Purcell catalogue number Z.629) is a masque or semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a ""Restoration spectacular"". The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare's wedding comedy ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". First performed in 1692, ""The Fairy-Queen"" was composed three years before Purcell's death at the age of 35. Following his death, the score was lost and only rediscovered early in the twentieth century. Purcell did not set any of Shakespeare's text to music;"
"at 17 Morden Road, Blackheath. A blue plaque has been put up on the house to show where he lived. He became the first conductor of what is now the Royal Choral Society. Much of his music from this time is vocal, although he also composed the ""Funeral March of a Marionette"" in 1872. (This received a new lease of life in 1955 when it was first used as the theme for the television series ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"".) He became entangled with the amateur English singer Georgina Weldon, a relationship (platonic, it seems) which ended in great acrimony and embittered"
"crowd as the sun rises. The dawn reveals that the buildings were never more than ruins. The Midsummer Marriage The Midsummer Marriage is an opera in three acts, with music and libretto by Michael Tippett. The work's first performance was at Covent Garden, 27 January 1955, conducted by John Pritchard. The reception of the opera was controversial, over perceived confusion as to the libretto and Tippett's use of symbols and psychological references. Nonetheless the opera has received at least ten more productions, including two further productions at the Royal Opera, in England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, Sweden and the United States."
"of Shakespeare's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". Richard Wagner's ""Ring"" cycle premiered in London earlier in 1882. The music for the fairies reflects Wagner's style, and the score uses leitmotifs, including a distinctive four-note theme associated with the character of Iolanthe. The Fairy Queen's music parodies that of Wagnerian heroines such as Brünnhilde. The score is wider in range of emotion and style, with innovative use of pizzicato strings, clever and varied underscoring of patter, the tender, sentimental eleventh-hour number for the title character, apt matching of the music to the absurd comedy of the lyrics, and a sustained first act"
"Oxenford, was produced at Covent Garden in 1862. His operetta ""The Bride of Song"" was brought out there in 1864. Benedict wrote a march for the wedding of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. ""St Cecilia"", an oratorio, was performed at the Norwich Festival in 1868; ""St Peter"" at the Birmingham Festival of 1870; ""Graziella"", a cantata, was given at the Birmingham Festival of 1882, and in August 1883 was produced in operatic form at the Crystal Palace. Here also a symphony by him was given in 1873. In the autumn of 1875, Benedict corresponded"
"Press. Christopher Palmer prepared a version of ""Crown Imperial"" for solo organ, brass, timpani and percussion (with harp ""ad lib""), specifically for the Laurence Olivier Memorial Service in October 1989. The composer's autograph manuscript score is located at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, at Yale University (Frederick R. Koch Collection—MS FRKF 595a, short score, 11 pp; and MS FRKF 595b, full score, 45 pp). Crown Imperial (march) Crown Imperial is an orchestral march by the English composer William Walton. Walton derived the march's title from the line ""In beawtie berying the crone imperiall"" from William Dunbar's poem ""In"
"Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1826) and ""The Hebrides"" (1830). Eventually, composers built bigger gardens, otherwise known as symphonic poems. In these new, looser and more flexible musical forms, large-scale orchestral writing could be combined with strong emotions and brilliant timbres to fulfill a wide range of extra-musical demands. Tchaikovsky's opening entry for his diary of 1872 reads as follows: Yesterday, on the road from Vorozhba to Kiev, music came singing and echoing through my head after a long interval of silence. A theme in embryo, in B-flat major, took possession of my mind and almost led me on to attempt a"
"intense and unusual expressiveness. A Midsummer Night's Dream was first performed on 11 June 1960 at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, UK as part of the Aldeburgh Festival. Conducted by the composer, it was directed by the choreographer John Cranko. Maran played the part of Lysander. Maran is fond of saying that Britten wrote the part for him, which to a certain degree is true, since Britten asked Maran to sing the part after hearing his voice and Maran was in on the final production preparations. He has many memorys of his times at the ""Red House"". In subsequent performances the"
"composed for ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" in 1843. Other pieces used were excerpts from the Symphony No. 3 ""Scottish"", the Symphony No. 4 ""Italian"", and the ""Songs without Words"", among others. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1935 American romance fantasy film of William Shakespeare's play, directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, and starring James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland, Jean Muir, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Victor Jory and Ian Hunter. Produced by Henry Blanke and Hal B. Wallis for Warner Brothers, and adapted by Charles Kenyon"
"design the set and costumes for the William Shakespeare play, ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", along with Georges Valmier. Discharged from the military in the fall of 1915, Gleizes and his new wife, Juliette Roche, moved to New York, where they would meet regularly with Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and Jean Crotti (who would eventually marry Suzanne Duchamp). It is at this time that Gleizes witnessed, with a critical eye, the readymades of Marcel Duchamp. After a short stay at the Albemarle Hotel Gleizes and his wife settled at 103 West Street, where Gleizes painted a series of works"
"Le songe d'une nuit d'été Le songe d'une nuit d'été (""A Midsummer Night's Dream"") is an opéra-comique in three acts composed by Ambroise Thomas to a French libretto by Joseph-Bernard Rosier and Adolphe de Leuven. Although it shares the French title for Shakespeare's play, ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", its plot is not based on the play. Shakespeare himself is a character in the opera as are Elizabeth I and Falstaff. The opera was premiered on 20 April 1850 by the Opéra-Comique at the second Salle Favart in Paris. The role of Elizabeth was intended for Delphine Ugalde, who was too"
"Elizabeth. It has been claimed that William Shakespeare wrote ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" for the occasion of their wedding, and that the play was first performed at the wedding banquet, though the wedding of Sir Thomas Berkeley to Elizabeth Carey is the most popular candidate. In the early years of their marriage, the couple's relationship was tempestuous and there were persistent rumours that Elizabeth had had affairs with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Walter Ralegh. The allegations concerning her relationship with Essex were particularly strong in 1596 and 1597. Whether there was any truth in the rumours remains"