This work features a bergomask dance and parodies a funeral march towards its final portion, entitled "Through this house give glimmering light."
This composition begins with a Scherzo, which leads into a melodrama consisting of spoken-word over music, followed by an Intermezzo, a march, and the Nocturne. This work features a bergomask dance and parodies a funeral march towards its final portion, entitled "Through this house give glimmering light." Vocal sections in this work include "The Spells," "Over hill, over dale," and (*) "Ye spotted snakes," while it incorporated a sonata form overture of the same name the composer had written sixteen years earlier before he had revived interest in Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Portions of that overture appear at several points in this work, including in the background of the closing "if we shadows have offended" speech given by Puck. Featuring a notable Wedding March, for 10 points, name this Mendelssohn setting of incidental music for a Shakespeare play.
This composition begins with a Scherzo, which leads into a melodrama consisting of spoken-word over music, followed by an Intermezzo, a march, and the Nocturne.
A {Midsummer Night’s Dream} [or {Ein Sommernachtstraum}]