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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Musical terminology, Overtures
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overture  ouverture  concert overture  Ouvertures  overtures
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Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio WordNet 3.0
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Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Overture in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. Wikipedia
Instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Instrumental introduction to any musical piece Wikidata
The instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition. OmegaWiki
A musical introduction to a piece of music. Wiktionary
Musical introduction. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
music
music genre
musical form
classical music
musical composition
+1 relations
PART OF
opera
HAS KIND
French overture
Italian overture
concert overture
HAS INSTANCE
Overture in G major
Le Corsaire
Julius Caesar
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Primavera
Waverley
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DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
FOLLOWED BY
allemande
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Wikipedia
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Wikidata
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overture
Wiktionary
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overture
OmegaWiki
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ouverture
Wikipedia Redirections
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concert overture, ouverture, Ouvertures, overtures

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