Is Banks Quoting from Felix Mendelssohn in the Piano Intro to TLLDOB?

[progea]

What do you hear in the Overture, Op. 21 to the Incidental Music to "A
Midsummer Night's Dream"? Was this known before?

[Man]

Are you referring to the first theme after the four chords by the wind
instruments at the very beginning? I didn't really get a sense of connection
there... Maybe posting an mp3 of the section in question on YouTube?

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Post by progea
What do you hear in the Overture, Op. 21 to the Incidental Music to "A
Midsummer Night's Dream"? Was this known before?

[progea]

Post by Man
Are you referring to the first theme after the four chords by the wind
instruments at the very beginning? I didn't really get a sense of connection
there... Maybe posting an mp3 of the section in question on YouTube?

Indeed.

0:28 - 1:20
repeated throughout. Not the best sound or playing.

There are other illustrated audfio clips on YouTube.

[Man]

Okay, that was what I thought... I think I can understand where you might
have thought Banks got the opening riff to TLLDOB from that. It sounds kinda
similar to me, but not a note-for-note lifting of the entire theme... Nice
try, though...

Post by Man
Are you referring to the first theme after the four chords by the wind
instruments at the very beginning? I didn't really get a sense of connection
there... Maybe posting an mp3 of the section in question on YouTube?

Indeed. http://youtu.be/IidttSEKVTA 0:28 - 1:20
repeated throughout. Not the best sound or playing.

There are other illustrated audfio clips on YouTube.