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How did Mendelssohn explore realms of fantasy in his A Midsummer Night's Dream overture?

By depicting the sounds of mischievous woodland fairies.

By writing music based on drug experiences.

By depicting the sounds of a witches sabbath.

By writing music based on his dreams.​

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Answer: Set in the 1740s, with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, it is the story of how Baron Ochs loses the young Sophie Faninal to the much younger Octavian.

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