Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) composed the music to William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream at two different times. In 1826, at the age of 16, he wrote a concert overture (op. 21). Sixteen years later, in 1842, he composed incidental music (opus 61) for King Frederick William IV of Prussia, into which he incorporated the existing overture. The overture was premiered on 20 February 1827 in Stettin (then in Prussia, now Szczecin, Poland) under the direction of Carl Loewe. ...