Mendelssohn - Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream

Sheet music for alto sax

Info:	Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 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. The first time that Wedding March was used at a wedding was when Dorothy Carew wed Tom Daniel at St Peter's Church, Tiverton, England, on 2 June 1847. However, it did not become popular at weddings until it was selected by Victoria, The Princess Royal for her marriage to Prince Frederick William of Prussia on 25 January 1858. The bride was the daughter of Queen Victoria, who loved Mendelssohn's music and for whom Mendelssohn often played while on his visits to Britain.
Opus number:	Op. 61
Date:	1842
Artist:	Felix Mendelssohn
Born:	3 February 1809, Hamburg
Died:	4 November 1847, Leipzig
The artist:	German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn wrote symphonies, concerti, oratorios, piano music and chamber music.
Instrument:	Alto Sax
Key:	D major
Range:	D4 - D6
Time signature:	4/4
Tempo:	146 BPM
Duration:	2:51
Pages:	2
Difficulty:	Intermediate
Style:	Classical