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Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music (Op. 61) to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches, generally being played on a church pipe organ.
- He Was A Child Prodigy
- He Was Highly-Celebrated in Britain
- It Was Used at The Wedding of Queen Victoria’s Daughter
- His Work Waned in Popularity After His Death
Mendelssohn was born into a wealthy Jewish family in the then-independent city-state of Hamburg in 1811. His family were forced to flee to Berlin as a young child to escape Napoleon’spersecution over the role his banker father had had in breaking the Emperor’s continental blockade. In the Prussian capital he received a stellar education. In additio...
Just a year later, however, he embarked upon a project to write an Overture based on Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The final result is regarded to be the first showcase of his true genius. In the years between re-visiting this work and adding the famous Wedding March, Mendelssohn developed a strong attachment to Britain. After fir...
As a result, when theWedding March was added to the earlier Overture,it was first performed in Tiverton, Devon, for the wedding of Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel in June 1847. However, it became widely popular when the Queen’s daughter Victoria selected it for her own marriage in 1858. Perhaps fittingly, she married a Prussian Prince, which thus symb...
Mendelssohn did not live to see the triumphant reception of his most famous work. He died in 1847 at the age of just thirty-eight after a series of strokes. After his death, Europe was gripped by anti-Semitism until way into the 20th century, meaning his fame and reputation suffered. However, his work was later re-recognised and revived, and today ...
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Feb 10, 2008 · With its regal blast of trumpets and its hummable tune, Felix Mendelssohn's popular "Wedding March" experienced its first taste of wedding fame at the nuptials of princess Victoria...
- Robert Greenberg
Feb 4, 2019 · Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" incidental music op.61 n.9 (1842). Rolf Smedvig, trumpet. Michael Murray, organ.
The "Wedding March" is the backdrop for the climactic wedding scene in the play. This piece only became widely used in weddings after Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria, The Princess Royal, used it when she married the Crown Prince of Prussia on January 25, 1858.
