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Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. [1] During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overtures which were independent, self-existing, instrumental, programmatic works that foreshadowed genres such as the symphonic poem.
The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), composed by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement (he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal music).
Rhapsody in Blue (1924), Gershwin's most famous classical work, a symphonic jazz composition for Paul Whiteman's jazz band & piano, premiered at Aeolian Hall, New York City, better known in the form orchestrated for full symphonic orchestra. Both versions were orchestrated by Ferde Grofé. Featured in numerous films and commercials.
Overture – Instrumental composition serving as an introduction to an opera or ballet. French overture – Overture with a slow introduction followed by a faster section. Italian overture – Overture in three fast-slow-fast sections. Pasticcio – Opera made up of various pieces from other compositions.
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807); based on the story of Coriolanus; Symphony No. 6, Pastoral, Op. 68 (1808); features titled movements, country dances, bird calls, and a storm. Leonore No. 3 Overture, Op. 72b (1806); one of a series of overtures composed for the opera Leonore, later renamed Fidelio. Leonore No. 3 is well known for portraying ...
Begun in Salzburg 1779, it was later abandoned in 1780. It was never performed in Mozart's lifetime, and received its premiere in Frankfurt on January 27, 1866, for the 110th Anniversary of Mozart's birth. Usually, either Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 26 or 32 are used as the overture, due to both works being in the Italian sinfonia form. 366: 366
Franz von Suppé: Overtures and Preludes. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 978-1-44-384460-4. March, Ivan, ed. (2008). The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2009. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-141-03335-8. Senelick, Laurence (2017). Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Overture in A Minor/A Major (“Première Ouverture”), 1855; Symphony in C Major, 1855; Fantaisie symphonique in C Major (“Souvenirs de Rome”), 1868; Ouverture dramatique “Patrie”, Op. 19, 1873; Petite suite, orchestrations made by Bizet in 1872 of five movements from his Jeux d’enfants