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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.
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 ...
An important transitional work in Janáček's career as the composer began to look beyond the traditional themes of Czech opera. [164] 1909 Elektra (Strauss). This dark tragedy took Strauss's music to the borders of atonality. It was the composer's first setting of a libretto by his long-term collaborator Hugo von Hofmannsthal. [165]
Keyboard version of the overture in B-flat major (HWV 336) and the suite in B-flat major (HWV 354) 456-1 Arrangement c. 1720–1727 Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Il pastor fido" 456-2 Arrangement c. 1720–1727 Arrangement of the overture to the Italian opera "Amadigi" 456-3 Arrangement c. 1720–1727
The stage works of Offenbach (with the two exceptions of the opéras Die Rheinnixen and The Tales of Hoffmann) are broadly referred to as 'operettas' in English references, even though only 16 of them were designated as opérettes by the composer.
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.
Offenbach in the 1860s. This is a list of musical compositions by Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880). Offenbach is principally known for his operettas, of which he composed 98 between 1847 and 1880.
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