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PRONUNCIATION OF CONCERT OVERTURE

concert overture


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONCERT OVERTURE

noun
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Concert overture is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CONCERT OVERTURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Overture

Overture in music is the term originally applied to the instrumental introduction to an opera. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn began to use the term to refer to independent, self-existing instrumental, programmatic works that presaged genres such as the symphonic poem. These were "at first undoubtedly intended to be played at the head of a programme".

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONCERT OVERTURE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CONCERT OVERTURE

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Synonyms and antonyms of concert overture in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «concert overture» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONCERT OVERTURE

Find out the translation of concert overture to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of concert overture from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «concert overture» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

音乐会序曲
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

obertura de concierto
570 millions of speakers
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English

concert overture
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कॉन्सर्ट ओवरचर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقدمة الحفل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

концертная увертюра
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

concerto overture
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কনসার্টের প্রতিচ্ছবি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ouverture de concert
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Overture konsert
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Konzertouvertüre
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

コンサート序曲
130 millions of speakers
ko

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콘서트 오버추어
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Overture konser
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buổi hòa nhạc khúc dạo
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இசை நிகழ்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers
mr

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कॉन्सर्ट ओवरचर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Konser özeti
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

concerto overture
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

uwertura koncertowa
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

концертна увертюра
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

uvertura de concert
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overture συναυλίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kosertouverture
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

konsert uvertyr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konsert ture
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCERT OVERTURE»

Discover the use of concert overture in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to concert overture and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Max Bruch: His Life and Works
Loh afternoon concert Overture - Otympia Spontini Entr'act from the opera Konig Manfred Reinecke Suite N0.3 in D Bach Concert-Overture N0.2 in A Hiller (new, first time at the concerts) Aria from Elijah for tuba Mendelssohn (arranged and ...
Christopher Fifield, 2005
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Byron: Poem for Orchestra and Chorus
IANTO POPOLARE (In Moonlight). arranged from the Concert-Overture "In the South" (Op. 50). (I 1I lha Press.) IHANSON DE NUIT (Op. 15. No. I). Бакс. u. 6d.; String Parts, Is. 3d.; Wind Parts, &С.. 10.61 ЗНАХЗОП DE MATIN (Op. I5. NO. 2).
Joseph Holbrooke
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Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook
... Alex Cloisters – Corigliano Close Encounters ofthe Third Kind – Williams, J. Close Encounters ofthe Third Kind, Theme from – Williams, J. Clouds – Griffes Cockaigne Concert Overture Op. 40 – Elgar Cocoon Theme – Horner Cohan Medley ...
Lucy Manning, 2013
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Mendelssohn: The Hebrides and Other Overtures
Larry Todd offers a historical, stylistic, and analytical guide to three remarkable works which secured for Mendelssohn no small measure of his fame.
R. Larry Todd, 1993
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The NPR Classical Music Companion: An Essential Guide for ...
Precursor of the form that Franz Liszt would call the "symphonic poem" [see SYMPHONIC POEM], the concert overture doesn't introduce anything: it's an independent, one-movement piece usually inspired by — and named after — some sort ...
Miles Hoffman, 2005
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Music
90 concert overture A concerto grosso always consists of several movements, but their number and kind vary considerably. The chief distinguishing feature of the form is the contrast of concertino and tutti, which are constantly pitted against ...
Christine Ammer, 2004
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The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz
The genre of the concert overture excludes those composed as operatic preludes . For this reason there is no discussion here of the Grande Ouverture de Benvenuto Cellini, composed in February 1838 and published in full score in 1839, long ...
Peter Bloom, 2000
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Listening to Music
Three of the predominant genres of program music—the program symphony, dramatic overture, and concert overture—were created simply by applying programs to the previously abstract genres of the symphony and overture. A fourth, the ...
Craig Wright, 2010
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The Cambridge Companion to Liszt
Like its predecessor the concert overture, each symphonic poem is a one- movement piece with a programmatic title and most have a preface.4 In fact, there was originally no difference at [206] all between the concert overture and what came ...
Kenneth Hamilton, 2005
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Michele Esposito
... Nutcracker Suite and the Pathétique Symphony; while in the first half, the overture to Gluck's Iphigénie and the ballet music from Schubert's Rosamunde preceded the premiere of a new work by Esposito, his concert overture Othello, Op. 45.
Jeremy Dibble, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONCERT OVERTURE»

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O'Brien: Ellangowan Overture etc review – distinctly routine
Whether O'Brien's own music really merits revival seems arguable on the evidence of this disc. Ellengowan, the 1914 concert overture inspired ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
LSO/Haitink review – Beethoven with humane warmth and depth of …
... cantata, setting a pair of linked poems by Goethe, better known as the inspiration for Mendelssohn's concert overture of the same name. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Roger's going to The Wall for Floyd fans
This vivacious and energetic concert overture was written in just three days to accompany Victor Hugo's play of the same name. “Our soloist in ... «Henley Standard, Jun 15»
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Vivacious end to orchestral concert season
This vivacious and energetic concert overture was written in just three days to accompany Victor Hugo's play of the same name. The soloist in ... «Slough and Windsor Observer, Jun 15»
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Friday in Edinburgh – What's On Today
Celebrity Organ Recital: Roger Fisher, Organist Emeritus, Chester Cathedral, will play Hollins Concert Overture in C Minor, Harris Prelude in E ... «The Edinburgh Reporter, May 15»
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CLC Music Department presents five concerts in May
... Susser Tod" (Come, Sweet Death) by J.S. Bach, "The Hounds of Spring: A Concert Overture for Winds" by Alfred Reed, "Fantasia for Band" by ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
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Vaughan Williams' Sixth Symphony has its CSO premiere
The concert opened with a somewhat quirky piece by another Englishman, Edward Elgar's “Cockaigne” Concert Overture, not played by the ... «Cincinnati.com, Apr 15»
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Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra's season finale April 26
The concert opens with the Concert Overture of Delaware County composer Anthony Mosakowski, a world premiere of this refreshing and ... «Delco News Network, Apr 15»
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Ars Viva Symphony disbanding after 20 years
The afternoon begins with the Othello Concert Overture by Dvorak, one of Heatherington's favorite composers. The final works on the program ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
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Nelsons's Precision Locomotive
... and serves well as a concert overture. The BSO has only performed music from Lady Macbeth twice before (in a suite arrangement by James ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Apr 15»
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