Definitionn. orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
Last update: September 20, 2015
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The balley had the overtures in the beginning. [noun]
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A scene was shot where the hero makes overtures to the heroine. [noun]
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But I remember particularly admiring Paul Draper 's bassoon playing in the Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte. [noun]
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Copland 's rousing Fanfare for the Common Man prefaces the overture to Gershwin 's satirical operetta Strike up the Band. [noun]
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No pacific overture could possibly obtain audience. [noun]
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The father himself saw no objection to this overture; but upon mentioning it casually at the table of the minister, the great man looked grave. [noun]
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Just then the last chords of the overture were heard and the conductor tapped with his stick. [noun]
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The curtain had not yet risen and the overture was being played. [noun]
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They played a duet from "Zampa," and at the earnest solicitation of every one present followed it with the overture to "The Poet and the Peasant." [noun]
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The word "Bahadur" rolled from her golden throat like chords of Beethoven's overture to Leonori. [Please select]
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