Tragic Overture (Dvořák)

The Tragic Overture, B. 16a (also called the Dramatic Overture; Czech: Tragická ouvertura or Dramatická ouvertura) is an orchestral composition written in 1870 by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. It is Dvořák's overture to his first opera Alfred.[1]

It was first performed on 4 January 1905, almost one year after Dvořák's death.[2]

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