Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

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concert overture orchestral work programmatic composition

"Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture" is a symphonic work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that dramatically interprets Shakespeare’s tragic love story through richly romantic and thematic orchestral writing.

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Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture canonical 1
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (final 1880 version) 1
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (revised 1870s version) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concert overture ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
programmatic composition ⓘ
basedOn Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
catalogNumber TH 42 ⓘ
ČW 39 ⓘ
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo Mily Balakirev ⓘ
durationApproximate 20 minutes ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1870-03-16 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Moscow ⓘ
genre program music ⓘ
romantic music ⓘ
symphonic poem ⓘ
hasSection chorale-like introduction ⓘ
coda depicting tragedy ⓘ
conflict theme ⓘ
development and recapitulation ⓘ
love theme ⓘ
hasVersion Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (final 1880 version)

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (revised 1870s version)
influencedBy Mily Balakirev ⓘ
inspiredBy Shakespearean tragedy ⓘ
key B minor ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementCount 1 ⓘ
notableFeature dramatic contrasts between conflict and love themes ⓘ
use of a lyrical love theme in D-flat major ⓘ
notableFor one of Tchaikovsky’s earliest orchestral masterpieces ⓘ
orchestration full symphony orchestra ⓘ
originalTitle Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ромео и Джульетта. Увертюра-фантазия
originalTitleLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOfComposerOutput orchestral works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
performanceContext concert hall ⓘ
premiereConductor Nikolai Rubinstein ⓘ
recordingMedium symphony orchestra audio recording ⓘ
structure slow introduction and sonata-form allegro ⓘ
subject death of the lovers ⓘ
family feud ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
themeRepresents Friar Laurence ⓘ
the feud between the Montagues and Capulets ⓘ
the love of Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, harp ⓘ
usesForm sonata form ⓘ
workPeriod Romantic era ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky → notableWork → Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture ⓘ
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture → hasVersion → Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (revised 1870s version)
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture → hasVersion → Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (final 1880 version)
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture → originalTitle → Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ромео и Джульетта. Увертюра-фантазия
Tchaikovsky orchestral repertoire → includesWork → Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy