concert overture

British

noun

See overture

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Here he offers Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” Symphony along with the overture to Victor Hugo’s play “Ruy Blas” and the concert overture “Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage.”

From New York Times • May 6, 2015

The curtain raiser, Elgar's concert overture "In the South," was energized in such a way as to celebrate its roast-beefy opulence of orchestration.

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 21, 2011

A trio, a violin sonata, and a piano quintette, a suite for strings, and a concert overture for orchestra complete the list of his writings.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

Chadwick's concert overture "Euterpe" produced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

From Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events by Lahee, Henry Charles

The work begins with a full concert overture, a capital number, which would make an excellent opening for any production of the play.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

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