The ''Tragic Overture'', B. 16a (also called the ''Dramatic Overture''; ) is an orchestral composition written in 1870 by the
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composer
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...
. It is Dvořák's overture to his first opera ''
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''.
It was first performed on 4 January 1905, almost one year after Dvořák's death.
References
External links
Tragic Overture on a comprehensive Dvorak site
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Overtures by Antonín Dvořák
Concert overtures
1870 compositions