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The Hussite Overture (Czech: Husitská, dramatická ouvertura), Op. 67, B. 132,^[1] was written by Antonín Dvořák in 1883 for the gala opening of the Prague National Theater.^[2] The composition was originally intended as a part of a dramatic trilogy on the Bohemian religious leader Jan Hus.

The overture is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, triangle), harp, and strings.

References

Antonín Dvořák

Operas

Alfred (1870)
King and Charcoal Burner (1874)
The Stubborn Lovers (1874)
Vanda (1875)
The Cunning Peasant (1877)
Dimitrij (1882)
The Jacobin (1887)
The Devil and Kate (1898)
Rusalka (1901)
Armida (1904)

Orchestral music

Symphonies	No. 1 in C minor (The Bells of Zlonice) No. 2 in B♭ major No. 3 in E♭ major No. 4 in D minor No. 5 in F major No. 6 in D major No. 7 in D minor No. 8 in G major No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)
Other	A Hero's Song Carnival Overture Czech Suite Scherzo capriccioso Hussite Overture In Nature's Realm Legends My Home Nocturne in B major Othello Overture Serenade for Strings in E major Slavonic Dances Suite in A major (American) Symphonic Variations The Golden Spinning Wheel The Noon Witch The Water Goblin The Wild Dove Tragic Overture

Concertos

Vocal music

Chamber music

String quartets	No. 1 in A major No. 2 in B♭ major No. 3 in D major No. 4 in E minor No. 5 in F minor No. 6 in A minor Andante appassionato in F major No. 7 in A minor No. 8 in E major No. 9 in D minor No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic) String Quartet movement in F major No. 11 in C major No. 12 in F major (American) No. 13 in G major No. 14 in A♭ major Cypresses
String quintets	No. 1 in A minor No. 2 in G major No. 3 in E♭ major (American)
Piano trios	No. 1 in B♭ major No. 2 in G minor No. 3 in F minor No. 4 in E minor (Dumky)
Piano quartets	No. 1 in D major No. 2 in E♭ major
Piano quintets	No. 1 in A major No. 2 in A major
Other	Romantic Pieces Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments Bagatelles Silent Woods Violin Sonata in F major Sonatina in G major String Sextet in A major Terzetto in C major Ballade

Piano music

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