Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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incidental music musical composition

Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a celebrated orchestral work and incidental music score inspired by Shakespeare's play, renowned for its sparkling Overture and the famous Wedding March.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream	2
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream	2
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream	2
A Midsummer Night's Dream (television score)	1
Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream canonical	1
Incidental music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61	1
Intermezzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream	1
Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21	1
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200261 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Context triple: [A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film), musicIncorporates, Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream]

A. Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music is the orchestral dance and ballet score composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for his reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," noted for its graceful melodies and dramatic expressiveness.
B. Symphony in C
Symphony in C is a landmark neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C, renowned for its pure dance style and large ensemble structure.
C. Viola Concerto
Viola Concerto is a contemporary concerto for viola and orchestra by American composer John Harbison, known for its modern harmonic language and expressive depth.
D. Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz's *Symphonie fantastique* is a groundbreaking 1830 Romantic program symphony renowned for its vivid orchestration and dramatic depiction of an artist’s opium-induced visions.
E. Brandenburg Concertos
The Brandenburg Concertos are a celebrated collection of six Baroque instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for their rich orchestration and inventive musical forms.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Target entity description: Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a celebrated orchestral work and incidental music score inspired by Shakespeare's play, renowned for its sparkling Overture and the famous Wedding March.

A. Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music is the orchestral dance and ballet score composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for his reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," noted for its graceful melodies and dramatic expressiveness.
B. Symphony in C
Symphony in C is a landmark neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C, renowned for its pure dance style and large ensemble structure.
C. Viola Concerto
Viola Concerto is a contemporary concerto for viola and orchestra by American composer John Harbison, known for its modern harmonic language and expressive depth.
D. Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz's *Symphonie fantastique* is a groundbreaking 1830 Romantic program symphony renowned for its vivid orchestration and dramatic depiction of an artist’s opium-induced visions.
E. Brandenburg Concertos
The Brandenburg Concertos are a celebrated collection of six Baroque instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for their rich orchestration and inventive musical forms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	incidental music ⓘ musical composition ⓘ
associatedWithOccasion	wedding ceremonies ⓘ
basedOn	A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ surface form: William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream
catalogNumber	Op. 21 ⓘ Op. 61 ⓘ
commissionedBy	Frederick William IV of Prussia ⓘ surface form: King Frederick William IV of Prussia
composer	Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
firstPerformanceLocation	Potsdam ⓘ
genre	incidental music ⓘ program music ⓘ
hasPart	Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Intermezzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
historicalSignificance	important work of early Romantic orchestral repertoire ⓘ one of the earliest examples of concert overture ⓘ
incidentalMusicComposedInYear	1842 ⓘ
includesVoices	mezzo-soprano solo ⓘ soprano solo ⓘ women's chorus ⓘ
influenced	later Romantic program music ⓘ
inKeyOfOverture	E major ⓘ
inspiredBy	Shakespearean comedy ⓘ
key	E major ⓘ
language	instrumental ⓘ
movementCount	multiple movements ⓘ
nocturneKey	E major ⓘ
notableFor	use of high woodwinds and strings to depict fairies ⓘ
notableSection	Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
oftenRecordedWith	complete incidental music Op. 61 ⓘ standalone concert overture Op. 21 ⓘ
overtureComposedAtAge	17 ⓘ
overtureComposedInYear	1826 ⓘ
period	Romantic era ⓘ
premiereDateOfIncidentalMusic	1843 ⓘ
publisher	Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
scherzoKey	G minor ⓘ
scoring	symphony orchestra ⓘ
style	light, fairy-like orchestration ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	concert hall ⓘ theatrical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
weddingMarchKey	C major ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) → musicIncorporates → Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ

Felix Mendelssohn → notableWork → Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: Incidental music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61

Felix Mendelssohn → notableWork → Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21

Edward Williams → notableWork → Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Midsummer Night's Dream (television score)