''Polyeucte'' is an

overture Overture (from French ''ouverture'', "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overtures which ...

composed by

Paul Dukas Paul Abraham Dukas ( 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, having abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His best-k ...

in 1891 for the tragedy of the same name by

Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille (; ; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage ...

. Dukas made his public debut with the first performance of this overture on 23 January 1892 at the Concerts Lamoureux.

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* Compositions by Paul Dukas 1891 compositions Concert overtures Adaptations of works by Pierre Corneille {{Classical-composition-stub