Definition of Overture. Meaning of Overture. Synonyms of Overture

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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...
- Look up overture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An overture is the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental...
- 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...
- 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...
- The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), composed by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell...
- Penumbra: Overture (also known as Penumbra: OvertureEpisode One) is the first in a series of episodic survival horror games developed by Frictional...
- The Overture Maps Foundation is an open data mapping collaboration, launched in mid-December 2022 under the au****es of the Linux Foundation. Its stated...
- The Festive Overture (Russian: Праздничная увертюра, romanized: Prazdnichnaya uvertyura), Op. 96 is an orchestral work composed by Dmitri Shostakovich...
- Johann Sebastian Bach, performed on a viola by Elias Goldstein MessiahOverture Composed by George Frideric Handel, performed by the MIT Concert Orchestra...