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Overtures were popular in 1950s and 1960s Hollywood musicals (particularly those of Rodgers and Hammerstein) but have become less common since. [1] In many cases, these overtures have been cut from TV and video releases and can only be found on "restored" DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray versions, if at all.
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).
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.
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 some of the major events of the plot in a condensed, purely orchestral form, most notably the distant trumpet fanfares of the finale.
Poet and Peasant and Light Cavalry are among the most famous overtures ever written". [26] To these, the music critic Andrew Lamb adds as outstanding among Suppé's overtures those to Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna, 1844), Pique Dame (Queen of Spades, 1862), Flotte Bursche (Jolly Students, 1863 ...
The two suites of music from Carmen were arranged by Ernest Guiraud, No. 1 in 1882 : Prélude—Aragonaise (Act IV Entr’acte)—Intermezzo (Act III Entr’acte)—Séguedille—Les dragons d’Alcalá (Act II Entr’acte)—Les toréadors, and No. 2 in 1887: Marche des contrebandiers—Habanera—Nocturne (Act III Air de Micaëla)—Chanson ...
Pages in category "Concert overtures" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1812 Overture; A.
Concert Overture No. 1 in D minor (1831) 24: orchestral: Overture in E minor and incidental music to Raupach's König Enzio (1832; only the Overture survives) [4] 27: orchestral: Concert Overture No. 2 in C major (1832) [4] 37: orchestral: Overture and incidental music to Guido Theodor Apel's historic drama Columbus (1834-35; only the Overture ...