Overture to Le Baruffe Chiozzotte

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The Overture to Le Baruffe Chiozotte is a concert overture by Leone Sinigaglia written in 1907. His opus 32, it was introduced in Milan under Arturo Toscanini's baton in the spring of that year. Based on a comedy by Carlo Goldoni, it is a spirited work that opens with brilliant subject for full orchestra. A subsidiary theme, more serene in nature, provides contrast. The second main subject of the work is a folk song, first heard in the oboe; it is soon taken up by the first violins. With the quickening of tempo the music becomes more vivacious, with a chattering figure in the woodwinds and violins. The folk song returns, as does the initial theme, leading to a brief coda which concludes the work.

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• David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.