WEDDING MARCH in MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM EIN SOMMERNACHTSTRAUM VON SHAKESPEARE
184812803<b>Rarity. First Edition First Printing of the famous Wedding March. The orchestral score was first published July 1848 by Breitkopf & Hartel Leipzig Germany. No printed date as customary at that time. Vb M. on pp 3-177 engraved the Hochzeitmarsch WEDDING MARCH on p.137 P.n. 7774.P. 178 blank. GM and JF. FIRST PRINTING of the orchestral parts engraved and with plate number 7852 probably published the following month is at BOD. NO COPIES OF THIS AT AUCTION AS LISTED IN ABPC CD ROM. <br />This is the true First Edition of Mendelssohn's full orchestral score of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. It includes the FIRST EDITION of the famous Wedding March that was played at the conclusion of the wedding between Theseus and Hyppolita. This has become the omnipresent music used in virtually ALL traditional Western wedding ceremonies. PROVENANCE L. Girard with his ink signature at head of the title page. Girard was teacher and composer of identical music in France during the second half of the 19th century. One of his noted works was in his Chant de La Paix For Four Male Voices. HobokenX Fuld 633. Krause X!! 6. TRULY RARE≥</b> Breitkopf & Hartel hardcover books
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