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concert overture
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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concert overture. An independent one-movement orch. work to open a concert, but not the ov. to an opera. Many concert ovs. are in sonata form, others are practically symphonic-poems, e.g. one of the first of the genre, Mendelssohn's
The Hebrides, and among later examples, Elgar's
Cockaigne and
In the South.
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overture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
overture instrumental musical...earliest Italian opera overtures were simply pieces...standardized the French overture, using an opening...tunes. The concert overture, a composition in...19th cent.; the overtures of Brahms, Mendelssohn...
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London Overture, A
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
London Overture, A . Orch. work by Ireland , 1936, a re-working of material from Comedy Overture , written for brass band 1934. One of prin. themes said to be inspired by bus cond.'s call of ‘Piccadilly!’ Arr. for...
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French overture
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
French overture. 17th- and 18th-cent. form of the piece of orch. mus. played before an opera or oratorio (see overture ). It was orig. developed by Lully, and was in 3 movts., slow, quick, slow.
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Pacific Overtures
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Pacific Overtures (1976), a musical play by John Weidman (book), Stephen Sondheim (music, lyrics). [ Winter Garden Theatre , 193 perf...
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Overture, Scherzo, and Finale
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Overture, Scherzo, and Finale. Orch. work by Schumann, Op.52, comp. 1841, rev. 1845.
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