Leonore overtures

E948194

concert overtures orchestral works

The Leonore overtures are a group of four concert overtures composed by Ludwig van Beethoven for his only opera, Fidelio, reflecting his evolving approach to the work’s dramatic themes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Leonore	4

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concert overtures ⓘ orchestral works ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Leonore I–IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWork	Fidelio, Op. 72 NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	opera Fidelio NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogueNote	three overtures are commonly numbered Op. 72a–c ⓘ
composer	Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
culturalDomain	Western classical music ⓘ
genre	Classical period overture ⓘ
hasPart	Leonore Overture No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonore Overture No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonore Overture No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonore Overture No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	document Beethoven’s revisions to Fidelio ⓘ
influencedBy	Beethoven’s evolving conception of Fidelio ⓘ
keyCharacteristic	dramatic contrasts ⓘ slow introduction and fast main section ⓘ use of motifs from Fidelio ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
movementType	single-movement works ⓘ
notableInstrumentationFeature	dynamic contrasts ⓘ prominent use of brass ⓘ prominent use of woodwinds ⓘ
notableOverture	Leonore Overture No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Fidelio NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceContext	concert performance ⓘ sometimes used in staged productions of Fidelio ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryAudience	symphony concert audiences ⓘ
reflects	dramatic themes of Fidelio ⓘ
relatedConcept	opera overture ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer	Coriolan Overture NERFINISHED ⓘ Egmont Overture NERFINISHED ⓘ
scoredFor	orchestra ⓘ
stylePeriod	Classical ⓘ early Romantic ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
titleLanguageCode	de ⓘ
uses	dramatic orchestral tutti ⓘ lyrical themes ⓘ sonata form elements ⓘ
workSeriesType	multiple versions of an overture for the same opera ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Leonore Overture No. 2 → basedOn → Leonore overtures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonore

WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version) → notableCharacter → Leonore overtures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonore

Leonore Overture No. 1 → partOfSeries → Leonore overtures ⓘ

Pizarro → thwartedBy → Leonore overtures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonore

WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version) → title → Leonore overtures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonore