Tragic Overture, Op. 81

E274973
concert overture orchestral work

Tragic Overture, Op. 81 is a dramatic concert overture for orchestra by Johannes Brahms, noted for its dark, turbulent character and powerful orchestral writing.

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Label Occurrences
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 canonical 3
Tragic Overture 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concert overture ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd 1880 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart 1880 ⓘ
belongsToRepertoire standard orchestral repertoire ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 81 ⓘ
character dark ⓘ
dramatic ⓘ
turbulent ⓘ
composer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
composerStylePeriod late Brahms ⓘ
compositionForm concert overture form ⓘ
sonata form elements ⓘ
compositionYear 1880 ⓘ
contrastWith Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dedication unusual for not being overtly dedicated ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Austria ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Vienna ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1880 ⓘ
genre concert overture ⓘ
hasCompanionWork Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 ⓘ
hasContrastingSection more lyrical second subject ⓘ
hasMoodAssociation tragedy ⓘ
hasNoProgrammaticStory true ⓘ
isAbstractMusic true ⓘ
isFrequentlyPerformed true ⓘ
isFrequentlyRecorded true ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementCount one ⓘ
openingCharacter dramatic ⓘ
forceful ⓘ
opusNumber 81 ⓘ
orchestrationFeature prominent brass ⓘ
prominent timpani ⓘ
rich string writing ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
publisher Simrock ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
style Romantic ⓘ
texture dense orchestral writing ⓘ
tonalCenter D minor ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration 13 minutes ⓘ
15 minutes ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput 81 ⓘ
workTitle Tragic Overture, Op. 81 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tragic Overture

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Johannes Brahms → notableWork → Tragic Overture, Op. 81 ⓘ
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 → pairedWith → Tragic Overture, Op. 81 ⓘ
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 → relatedWorkByComposer → Tragic Overture, Op. 81 ⓘ
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 → workTitle → Tragic Overture, Op. 81 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tragic Overture