Ad
related to: romantic overture
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era.
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 ...
Festival Overture (1911, revised 1918) Dance of Wild Irravel (1912) Four Orchestral Pieces (1912–13) Three Pieces for Small Orchestra (1913, revised 1928) Symphonic Scherzo (1917, revised 1933) Russian Suite (1919) Mediterranean (1922) Cortège (1925) Romantic Overture (1926) Overture, Elegy and Rondo (1927) Three Pieces (1928) Overture to a ...
The main theme of the overture to Romeo and Juliet was adapted in 1939 by bandleader Larry Clinton as popular song "Our Love" (lyrics by Buddy Bernier and Bob Emmerich) and recorded by Clinton and by Jimmy Dorsey. [18] Composer Walter Murphy arranged a disco version of the Overture-Fantasy on his 1979 album Walter Murphy's Discosymphony.
Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn visited in 1829 and wrote an overture, The Hebrides, Op. 26, (also known as Fingal's Cave Overture), and was said to be inspired by the weird echoes in the cave. [6] [13] Mendelssohn's overture popularized the cave as a tourist destination.
Lithograph of Mayer based on a drawing by Pauline Suhrlandt. Emilie Luise Friderica Mayer (14 May 1812 – 10 April 1883) was a German composer of Romantic music. [1] Although Emilie Mayer began her serious compositional study relatively late in life, she was a very prolific composer, eventually producing some 8 symphonies and at least 15 concert overtures, as well as numerous chamber works ...
Op. 67 Romantic Overture (1942). Op. 68 2 Mélodies for soprano or tenor and piano (1946). Op. 69 Evocation (Enfance do Saint-Nino) (The Childhood of Saint Nino) (1944). Op. 70 Mouvement perpetuel for Violin and Piano (1944). Op. 71 7 Songs on Chinese Poems for soprano or tenor and piano (1945). Text in Chinese, Russian and English.