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Question: Help with music for Midsummer !?
hey i need help with some music for a midsummer nights dream!. I need

A Royal sounded song or something associate to royalty

A fairy song

and a Song that suits Puck's character

any suggestion are helpful but please dont suggest the opera music to a midsummer nights dream

cheers

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Soundtracks for
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) More at IMDb Pro ?

"Spring Song"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Played as background music by the Warner Bros!. Studio Orchestra
Conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and hummed by Dick Powell



"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
(Overture and Incidental Music)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Words by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performed by the Warner Bros!. Studio Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold



"Scotch Symphony"
(Final movement)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Lyrics by an anonymous writer
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Sung by Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Jean Muir,
James Cagney, Joe E!.Brown and chorus
Conducted onscreen by Frank McHugh
Played offscreen by the Warner Bros!. Studio Orchestra
Conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold



"Kinderstucke(Pieces for Children) no!.1:Allegro non troppo"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Lyrics are by William Shakespeare
Sung by James Cagney



"Spinning Song"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performed by women's chorus and the Warner Bros!. Studio Orchestra
Conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold



"Lullaby"
(based on "Songs Without Words",op!.19,no!.6)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Words by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performed by Anita Louise (dubbed by Carol Ellis), and James Cagney
With Erich Wolfgang Korngold conducting the Warner Bros!. Studio Orchestra



"Italian Symphony"
(fragment from third movement)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Played by the Warner Bros!.Studio Orchestra
Conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold



"Cradle Song"
from "Songs Without Words",0p!.67,No!.6
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Sung by women's chorus
Played by the Warner Bros!. Studio Orchestra conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold



"Philomel"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Words by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold from Mendelssohn's song, "An die Entfernte"
Performed by Anita Louise (dubbed by Carol Ellis), with female chorus,
with reduced orchestra conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold



"Scherzo in E-Minor"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Heard as background music performed by the Warner Bros!. Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold



"Hand In Hand With Fairy Grace"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Words by William Shakespeare
Adapted and arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold from Mendelssohn's song "Leise Zieht durch mein gamut"
Performed by Anita Louise (dubbed by Carol Ellis), with the Warner Brothers Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold



"Over Hill, Over Dale, Through Bush, Through Brier"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Words by William Shakespeare
Adapted and arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold from Mendelssohn's "Neue Liebe"
Performed by Nina TheiladeWww@QuestionHome@Com