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What (who) is overture - definition
INSTRUMENTAL INTRODUCTION TO ANY MUSICAL PIECE
Ouverture; Overtures; Concert overture; Ouvertures
overture
¦ noun
1. an orchestral piece at the beginning of a musical work.
an independent orchestral composition in one movement.
2. an introduction to something more substantial.
3. an approach made with the aim of opening negotiations or establishing a relationship.
Origin
ME (in the sense 'aperture'): from OFr., from L. apertura 'aperture'.
overture
n.
musical introduction
1) to compose; perform, play an overture
2) an overture to
introductory proposal
3) to make an overture; to make overtures to
4) to spurn smb.'s overtures
overture
n.
1.
Proposal, offer, proposition.
2.
(Mus.) Orchestral introduction to an opera, oratorio, etc.
Wikipedia
Overture
Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overtures which were independent, self-existing instrumental, programmatic works that foreshadowed genres such as the symphonic poem. These were "at first undoubtedly intended to be played at the head of a programme".
Examples of use of overture
1. Pasiardis said Nicosia would accept Gambari’s overture.
2. The Bush administration ignored the Iranian overture.
3. It‘s all an overture for something far sweeter –– the sound of music.
4. Others see those Callaghan years as the overture for the monetarist regime that would follow.
5. U.S. 0fficials were not immediately available for comment on Kim‘s reported 2002 overture to Washington.