Overture

Overture (French ouverture, lit. "opening"; German Ouvertüre, Vorspiel, i.e., "prelude", lit. "play before") 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".

History

17th century

The idea of an instrumental opening to opera existed during the 17th century. Peri's Euridice opens with a brief instrumental ritornello, and Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (1607) opens with a toccata, in this case a fanfare for muted trumpets. More important, however, was the prologue, which comprised sung dialogue between allegorical characters which introduced the overarching themes of the stories depicted.

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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins. Her lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and published by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in Magasin des enfants to produce the version most commonly retold.

Variants of the tale are known across Europe. In France, for example, Zémire et Azor is an operatic version of the story, written by Marmontel and composed by Grétry in 1771, which had enormous success well into the 19th century; it is based on the second version of the tale. Amour pour amour, by Nivelle de la Chaussée, is a 1742 play based on Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's version. According to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon, the story originated around 4,000 years ago.

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Overture

History

17th century

French overture

Beauty and the Beast

Plot

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Full with Cannons)

AJR - Overture (Official Audio)

Alan Menken - Overture (From "Beauty and the Beast"/Audio Only)

Rossini: William Tell Overture: Final

AJR - Overture (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Whiplash - Overture

Overture Band - Kereta Malam [Cover]

Mozart - Marriage Of Figaro - Overture

Bizet - Carmen - Overture

【欅坂46】初代 Overture

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Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Full with Cannons)

AJR - Overture (Official Audio)

Alan Menken - Overture (From "Beauty and the Beast"/Audio Only)

Rossini: William Tell Overture: Final

AJR - Overture (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Whiplash - Overture

Overture Band - Kereta Malam [Cover]

Mozart - Marriage Of Figaro - Overture

Bizet - Carmen - Overture

【欅坂46】初代 Overture

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Full with Cannons)

AJR - Overture (Official Audio)

Alan Menken - Overture (From "Beauty and the Beast"/Audio Only)

Rossini: William Tell Overture: Final

AJR - Overture (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Whiplash - Overture

Overture Band - Kereta Malam [Cover]

Mozart - Marriage Of Figaro - Overture

Bizet - Carmen - Overture

【欅坂46】初代 Overture

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