Overtures Sheet Music

Composed in 1711, the opera Rinaldo marks George Frideric Handel's triumphant breakthrough on the London opera stage. The overture impressively reflects the Italian Baroque style and combines solemn g...

Composed in 1711, the opera Rinaldo marks George Frideric Handel's triumphant breakthrough on the London opera stage. The overture impressively reflects the Italian Baroque style and combines solemn g...

Instruments: 1 Solo Oboe - Difficuly Level: Grade 2 - Duration: 1 mn 30 s - Musical Style: Classical, Educational - Category: Arrangement, Republished Master Piece - Composer: Marc Antoine CHARPENTIER...

Drafted (as a piano duet) in March 1941 for, but not used at, the first production of Paul Bunyan; it was not re-instated in the revival, for which a new short introduction was composed. The work was...

Commissioned by the BBC for broadcast at the opening concert of the Third Programme, the work was described in the Radio Times as Festival Overture . The work lasts 8 minutes.

Written during Britten’s years in the USA (1939-1942) this atmospheric processional languished unperformed in a New York library until its discovery in 1976, the year of the composer’s dea...