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Definitions of overtures in various dictionaries:
noun - orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
noun - something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
noun - a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
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| In an 1889 interview, Sir Arthur Sullivan said he left writing these openings to the last moment |
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| Plural form of overture. |
| an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, play, etc. |
| an introduction to something more substantial. |
| an approach or proposal made to someone with the aim of opening negotiations or establishing a relationship. |
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| Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") 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". |