Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Composer Mendelssohn
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Date 1826; incidental music in 1842 (Romantic)
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Genre Concert overture
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Performing Forces Orchestra
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rhythm Fast duple-meter
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Form Sonata-allegro (three themes + coda)
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Texture Homophonic
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Expression Descriptive of the characters and plot in Shakespeare’s play