Overture

classic music
Composer
ア- mosquito- サ- タ- ナ
ハ- マ- ヤ- ラ- ワ
Music history
Ancient times - Middle Ages
Renaissance - baroque
classical school - romantic school
modern times - today
Musical instrument
keyboard musical instrument - string instrument
wooden bobbin musical instrument - brass instrument
percussion instrument - singing
Summary
composer - tune name
conductor - performer
orchestra - Interior band
Music theory/terminology
music theory - performance sign
Performance form
vessel ease - singing
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Overture（じ ょ sewer く)オーヴァーチュアAlso it is called,OperaAndPlay collateral musicClassicSuiteAnd so on it is the music which first is performed.

With overture such as overture and suite of play music such as opera and play collateral music it differs some character, but it is not the positioning, music of the front seat, it is general to have suitable scale and contents in entire start.

Character

Overture of play music

It was normal originally, as for overture of play music, for the audience still while being noisy, to be performed with the purpose which pulls the note of the audience. In general in order to notify the character and synopsis of the whole play, it was composed. Overture vessel ease (only the orchestra) with to be performed even with the play music which accompanies singing such as opera, therefore vessel ease type. sonata type establishing, being written with the overture type which is sonata type or that simple type becomes normally. In this way, as for overture symphony first movement equal easy system and story characteristic.

Overture of suite

Each music of classical suite is formed in the dance music, but as for overture it was not the dance music and it was composed.

Original object

As for overture, baroque period mainlyMass tuneIt was used and as overture of opera. The whole suite are some which are named "overture" in suite of the overture attachment.

Change to performance

bait - Venn, with overture of opera and play collateral music, collecting the synopsis and atmosphere of the whole play, in order to convey beforehand, it was made. With story characteristic from this, afterwards symphonic poem and the like. In addition, just overture becoming independent in the concert, it to reach the point where it is performed, from this just overtureOverture for concertComposing as happened.

On the one hand, from that in the past, 17 centuries Italy as overture of opera is used, シンフォニア which, symphony.

To prelude

In addition, concerning the overture of opera, romantic school mid term, before the play starts, being redundant, it was shorter start itself of the play vis-a-vis the kind reveal overture which does not have relationship being performed, kind discernment not tilting and start of the play it reached the point where the tune which is unified is composed. As for thisPreludeIt was named (prelude).

Presently

Presently, as for overture it is composed exclusively in only one for performance. With suite and the like it is used with original purpose.