Comedy_Overture

<i>Comedy Overture</i>

Comedy Overture

Concert overture by Ferruccio Busoni

The Eine Lustspielouvertüre (Comedy Overture) Op. 38 (BV 245) for orchestra is a concert overture by Ferruccio Busoni; it was composed in 1897 and revised in 1904. The main theme appears at once, played by the strings. The second subject follows on clarinet. A new section introduces the development. In recapitulation the second theme is reworked for the cellos and contrabasses over a timpani pedal point. The work ends with a lively coda.

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Selected recordings

References

  • David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.


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