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The Crucible is a 1961 English language opera written by Robert Ward based on the 1953 play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It won both the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Music Critics Circle Citation. The libretto was lightly adapted from Miller's text by Bernard Stambler.
Ward earned a Bronze Star for meritorious service in the Aleutian Islands.During his military service Ward managed to compose two serious orchestral compositions, Adagio and Allegro, first performed in New York in 1944, and Jubilation: An Overture, which was written mostly on Okinawa, Japan, in 1945, and was premiered at Carnegie Hall by the National Orchestral Association the following spring.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Overture (AJR song) may refer to: "Overture" (2015 AJR song ...
Salutation Overture in C major, Op. 48 (1939) 2 Marches for wind orchestra, Op. 53 (1941) Dramatic Overture for wind orchestra, Op. 60 (1942) Links (Zvenya) – Suite for orchestra, Op. 65 (1945) Orchestrations of early piano pieces; Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 (1944) Sinfonietta No. 3 in A minor for string orchestra, Op. 68 (1946)
1991 Paris Revival Version – This song is known as Ouverture (Overture) and Le bagne : pitié, pitié (The Prison: Mercy, mercy). Other Languages 2011 "Los Miserables - Más Que un Musical, una Leyenda" (Les Misérables - More Than a Musical, a Legend) - This version is Spanish, and the song is known as Prólogo.
Not included are films where an overture is used to present the credits, or underscored scenes that are already part of the plot. Often, but not necessarily, these films also include an intermission with entr'acte, followed by exit music (after the credits). This list documents the rise and fall of the Overture/Roadshow practice over film history.
To wedded love the song shall flow, ode for the King's Birthday, 1764 [Ov. pub. as Overture No. 10 in 12 Overtures, 1770] Sacred to thee, O commerce, ode for New Year's Day, 1765 [Ov. pub. as Overture No. 7 in 12 Overtures, 1770 , with music from 1758 Birthday ode]
Hector Berlioz photographed by Pierre Petit (1863).. French composer Hector Berlioz wrote a number of "overtures", many of which have become popular concert works. They include true overtures, intended to introduce operas, but also independent concert overtures that are in effect the first orchestral tone poems.