# Mendelssohn's "Dream"

Produced by the BBC for the British Open University

Discusses the overture and incidental music written by 19th-century German composer Felix Mendelssohn for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Establishes the influence of his contemporary, German composer Baron Karl Maria Weber, and the importance of the overture to Mendelssohn's career. Presents a scene extracted from Shakespeare's play in two versions -- first without Mendelssohn's music and then with the music. From the Arts Foundation series

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1978
- By: Open University, British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Media Guild
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/mendelssohnsdream)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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