concert overture

British  

noun

1. See overture

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Example Sentences

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

In the Chicago fire he lost many valuable manuscripts, including a concert overture on 168 Drake's exquisite poem, "The Culprit Fay," which must be especially regretted.

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

Hamish McCunn's concert overture "The Land of the Mountain and Flood" given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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

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