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Sign in to saveOverture (from French ouverture, "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overtures which were independent, self-existing, instrumental, programmatic works that foreshadowed genres such as the symphonic poem. These were "at first undoubtedly intended to be played at the head of a programme".
An overture is an instrumental musical introduction that originally opened ballets, operas, and oratorios starting in the 17th century. By the Romantic era, composers like Beethoven and Mendelssohn began writing overtures as standalone pieces that told a musical story, helping establish new instrumental forms like the symphonic poem.
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- classical music
- Part of
- opera
- Followed by
- allemande
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