what is the music meter/rhythm to A Midsummer Nights Dream (Overture)

Question

What are the musical elements of Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Nights Dream (Overture)? For example, what is the melodic shape and range of this piece of work? What is the timbre (i.e. what are the instruments used in this piece of musical work), rhythm (i.e. what is the meter of this musical composition?). melody (i.e. is it conjunct or disjunct), texture (i.e. is it polyphonic, homophonic, monophonic), the form (i.e. is it Ritonello, etc.)?

Answer 1

This site may also help:

 

http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/music/midsummer-nights-dream-overture-and-incidental-music-felix-mendelssohn

Answer 2

This may be a starting point:

http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2014/05/23/315246245/marin-alsops-guide-to-mendelssohns-a-midsummer-nights-dream