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OVERTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musicology
  • Classical Music
DEF

Instrumental music composed as an introduction to an opera, oratorio, or similar work.

CONT

A number of Mozart's overtures are complete in themselves, as for example the overture to his Marriage of Figaro. ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musicologie
  • Musique classique
DEF

Pièce symphonique destinée à servir de portique à une œuvre de grande dimension : opéra, oratorio, concerto grosso.

CONT

À ce public indiscipliné, nous devons la production d'une nouvelle et importante formule : l'ouverture. Au début, celle-ci se réduisait à d'éclatantes fanfares de trompettes, chargées d'annoncer le commencement de la représentation à la foule des bavards, des fumeurs et des joueurs. Bientôt l'habitude fut prise de prélever les airs les plus populaires de l'ouvrage représenté et les exécuter en hors-d'œuvre, sous forme de Pot-pourri.

Spanish

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