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Definition of Overture

Overture
Overture O"ver*ture, v. t. To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.

Meaning of Overture from wikipedia

- Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early...
- The Year 1812, Solemn Overture, Op. 49, po****rly known as the 1812 Overture, is a concert overture in E♭ major written in 1880 by Russian composer Pyotr...
- The Boom Overture is a supersonic airliner under development by Boom Technology, designed to cruise at Mach 1.7 or 975 knots (1,806 km/h; 1,122 mph). It...
- Look up overture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An overture is the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental...
- The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), composed by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell...
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- The Hebrides (/ˈhɛbrɪdiːz/; German: Die Hebriden) is a concert overture that was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830, revised in 1832, and published...
- The Coriolan Overture (German: Coriolan-Ouvertüre or Ouvertüre zu Coriolan), Op. 62, is a composition written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1807 for Heinrich...
- The Italian overture is a piece of orchestral music which opened several operas, oratorios and other large-scale works in the late 17th and early 18th...
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