Definisjon av overture

Vi fant 4 definisjoner av overtureengelsk.

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Noun

overture - a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
advance, approach, feeler
proffer, proposition, suggestion a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
overture - orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
overture - something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
preliminary, prelude
inception, origination, origin properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
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  • Overture (from the French ouverture, meaning opening) in music is the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn began to use the term to refer to instrumental, programmatic works that presaged genres such as the symphonic poem.

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  • Entall: overture
  • Flertall: overtures

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