Overture to Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream arranged as a duet for two performers [manuscript], 1829? July 10 / by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
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Title
Overture to Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream arranged as a duet for two performers [manuscript], 1829? July 10 / by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Uniform title
Sommernachtstraum. Ouverture; arranged
Description
1 ms. piano score (16 p.) ; 25 x 32 cm (Obl. fo.)
Associated name
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. author.
Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
Scope and content
Contains Mendelssohn's autograph piano duet (for piano four hands), arranged with his sister Fanny, of his Overture to Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream (opus 21).
Note
[1], 2-15, [1] p.
Dated 10th July by Mendelssohn; different hand penciled the year '1829'.
Thought to be copied by Mendelssohn during visit to London in 1829, based on English watermark ("W King 1829"), date and title.
On p. 3, the number '1172' appears.
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Dated 10th July by Mendelssohn; different hand penciled the year '1829'.
Thought to be copied by Mendelssohn during visit to London in 1829, based on English watermark ("W King 1829"), date and title.
On p. 3, the number '1172' appears.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Publications about material
"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 172-173
Provenance
Formerly MS 6256.
Source of acquisition
Purchased from The English Books Co Ltd., 1937.
Exhibited
Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004-2005. Letterwriting in Renaissance England (catalog entry 21)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2014. Shakespeare's the Thing. Opening: pp. 6-7.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004-2005. Letterwriting in Renaissance England (catalog entry 21)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2014. Shakespeare's the Thing. Opening: pp. 6-7.
Cited/described in
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 90
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V.a.372
Folger accession
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