Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" (Felix Mendelssohn) - Brass Quintet
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Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn and Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Arranged by Rob Bushnell. 19th Century,Film/TV,March,Romantic Period,Wedding. 32 pages. Rob Bushnell #6358149. Published by Rob Bushnell (A0.752438).Written in 1842 by Felix Mendelssohn, the incidental music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 was written 16 years after he wrote a concert overture of the same name in 1826 (Op. 21). The incidental music was a commission from King Frederick William IV of Prussia and consists of 14 numbers split into 5 acts. In between acts 4 and 5 is the famous Wedding March, which is probably the single most popular piece of music composed by Mendelssohn (and is one of the most ubiquitous pieces of music ever written having been used at weddings services for nearly two centuries, as well as in films and television).
The first known instance of the Wedding March being used is a wedding at St Peter's Church, Tiverton, England, on 2 June 1847. It did not become popular, however, 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 to Britain.
The Wedding March was voted the 4th favourite piece of wedding music in a Classic FM audience vote, with A Midsummer Night's Dream voted the 167th favourite work in the Ultimate Classic FM Hall of Fame in 2020. In fact, the music has not been outside of the top 300 since at least 2017, with its highest position reached in 2021 at 107th.
Commonly used as the recessional, it is normally played (in a stripped back version) on a church organ. This arrangement, however, is of the complete number and, therefore, is great for both weddings and concert alike. Also, it includes alternative parts for tenor horn, treble-clef trombone/euphonium and tuba. A recording of the music from the original soundtrack can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7_m1om82o4.
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