The
concert overture ''Othello'' ( cs, Othello, koncertní ouvertura, links=no),
Op. 93,
B. 174, was written by
Antonín Dvořák in 1892 as the third part of a trilogy of overtures called "Nature, Life and Love". The first two parts of the trilogy are ''
In Nature's Realm'', Op. 91 ("Nature") and the ''
Carnival Overture'', Op. 92 ("Life").
Dvorak: Overtures
''Discovering Music''. BBC Radio 3. 2004-02-07. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
The overture is scored for two flutes
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(Flute I doubling piccolo), two oboe
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s, English horn, two clarinets in A, two bassoons, four horn
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s, two trumpet
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s, three trombone
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s, tuba
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, timpani
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, bass drum, cymbals, harp and strings.
References
External links
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Overture, ''Othello'', Op. 93
by Richard Freed
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, The Kennedy Center
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Overtures by Antonín Dvořák
Concert overtures
1892 compositions
Music based on works by William Shakespeare
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