Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

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The Overture to a Picaresque Comedy is a concert overture composed by Arnold Bax in 1931; the piece was introduced in Manchester in November, 1931, under the direction of Sir Hamilton Harty. The work is based around two main themes, one light and mocking and one stately.

Of the overture, Bax wrote:

This overture does not pretend to be the prelude to any particular play. It is simply a piece of music associated with some character as d'Artagnan or Casanova.

[edit] References

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