Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

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Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is an orchestral concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn inspired by Goethe’s poems about maritime travel.

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instanceOf concert overture
approximateDuration 10 minutes
associatedWith Berlin Singakademie
catalogNumber MWV P 5
composer Felix Mendelssohn
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
dateComposed 1828
depicts a calm, windless sea
a successful sea voyage
the onset of wind and motion
genre programmatic overture
hasKeySection transition from calm to storm
triumphant closing passage
hasPart faster section representing prosperous voyage
slow introduction representing calm sea
influencedBy Goethe's maritime imagery
inspiredBy Goethe poem "Glückliche Fahrt"
Goethe poem "Meeresstille"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
key D major
languageOfWork German
notableRecordingBy Berlin Philharmonic
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
opusNumber Op. 27
originalTitle Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
period Romantic era
premiereConductor Felix Mendelssohn
premiereDate 1828-09-07
premiereLocation Berlin
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel
relatedWork A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture
Hebrides Overture
revisedIn 1828
scoredFor orchestra
structure single movement
style early Romantic orchestral style
title Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
typicalInstrumentation brass
strings
timpani
woodwinds
workNumberInComposerOutput early orchestral overture of Mendelssohn

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