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Felix Mendelssohn

Music Based on Shakespeare

Probably no playwright has had more music based on his work than William Shakespeare. Felix Mendelssohn, Henry Purcell, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi are just a few of the composers who’ve been inspired by Shakespeare's plays.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo
Pomp and Circumstance
Otello
Macbeth
Variations on Greensleeves
Falstaff
Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Beatrice et Benedict
Viel L?EURrmen um Nichts
Fairy Queen
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture
 

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#2. At what age did Mendelssohn compose his Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

#3. What other composer wrote music based on a Shakespeare play?

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