French Overture

French Overture for String Orchestra  Original contemporary composition written in the french overture style. Excellent option for schools and educators teaching this musical form to students and audiences. -Violin I -Violin II -Viola -Cello -Double Bass History of the French overture musical form The French overture is a musical form widely used in the Baroque period. Its basic formal division is into two parts, which are usually enclosed by double bars and repeat signs. They are complementary in styles (slow in dotted rhythms and fast in fugal style), and the first ends with a half-cadence (i.e., on a dominant harmony) that requires an answering structure with a tonic ending. The second section often but not always ends with a brief recollection of the first, sometimes even repeating some of its melodic content