Christopher Hogwood’s first ever critical edition of the much performed concert overture goes back for the first time to all the sources. Hogwood examines not only Mendelssohn’s autograph but also the first edition of the score and orchestral parts which Mendelssohn saw to print. A manuscript copy with additional music thought to have been performed under Mendelssohn’s direction but later deleted as well as the composer's own two and four-hand piano arrangements of the composition were also taken into account.As with the other overtures in this series the score contains a lengthy introduction a critical commentary andfacsimiles.First ever critical edition of this concert overture.Additional music included in score and parts stemming from a source used by Mendelssohn for a performance of the work.Full score & parts (BA9056) and study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP396) available for sale
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ISBN 9798892703895. UPC: 196288210955. 9.0x12.0x0.183 inches.
The Scherzo is a movement by Felix Mendelssohn from the incidental music to the play by William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The play inspired Mendelssohn to compose the music because it was a childhood favorite. There are two works by Mendelssohn called A Midsummer Night's Dream; the Overture composed in 1826 and the Incidental Music added in 1842. The Scherzo was originally scored for orchestra. The brilliant transcription for violin and piano is by Willy Burmester.
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UPC: 888680864095. 5.5x7.5 inches.
Felix Jacob Ludwig Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Overture from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (PH115) (Orchestra).
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Christian Martin Schmidt is laying bare to musical practice the original form of Mendelssohn's epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.
ISBN 9790004337424. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Autograph lays bare Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream To this day, Mendelssohns epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream has been performed on the basis of a more than dubious transmission. Neither the first edition of the parts (1832), and certainly not the print of the score based on these parts (1835) go back directly to the autograph of the 17-year-old composer, which is now located in Krakow. No wonder, since Mendelssohn had breezily given away his original at an early date. The result: during his lifetime, versions were published with his authorization, even though they were full of unintended inconsistencies. Yet the autograph of 1826 is unequivocal: it is clear, practically free of irregularities and diverges considerably from the corrupted printed version. Christian Martin Schmidt comes up with occasionally differing musical passages, but above all with logical and compositionally compelling performance instructions, laying bare to musical practice the original form buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.Christian Martin Schmidt is laying bare to musical practice the original form of Mendelssohn's epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.
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ISBN 9790004211458. 10 x 12.5 inches.
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ISBN 9790004337387. 10 x 12.5 inches.
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ISBN 9790004337417. 10 x 12.5 inches.
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ISBN 9790004337394. 10 x 12.5 inches.
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ISBN 9790004337400. 10 x 12.5 inches.
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ISBN 9790004337431. 10 x 12.5 inches.