Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

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Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is an orchestral concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn inspired by Goethe’s poems about maritime travel.

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instanceOf concert overture
approximateDuration 10 minutes
associatedWith Berlin Singakademie NERFINISHED
catalogNumber MWV P 5 NERFINISHED
composer Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED
dateComposed 1828
depicts a calm, windless sea
a successful sea voyage
the onset of wind and motion
genre programmatic overture
hasKeySection transition from calm to storm
triumphant closing passage
hasPart faster section representing prosperous voyage
slow introduction representing calm sea
influencedBy Goethe's maritime imagery
inspiredBy Goethe poem "Glückliche Fahrt" NERFINISHED
Goethe poem "Meeresstille" NERFINISHED
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED
key D major
languageOfWork German
notableRecordingBy Berlin Philharmonic NERFINISHED
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra NERFINISHED
opusNumber Op. 27
originalTitle Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt NERFINISHED
period Romantic era
premiereConductor Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1828-09-07
premiereLocation Berlin NERFINISHED
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED
relatedWork A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture NERFINISHED
Hebrides Overture NERFINISHED
revisedIn 1828
scoredFor orchestra
structure single movement
style early Romantic orchestral style
title Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage NERFINISHED
typicalInstrumentation brass
strings
timpani
woodwinds
workNumberInComposerOutput early orchestral overture of Mendelssohn

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