Cuban Overture

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Cuban Overture is a lively, percussion-rich orchestral work by George Gershwin that blends classical symphonic writing with Cuban and Afro-Caribbean musical rhythms.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cuban Overture canonical 4
Spanish Rhapsody 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral composition ⓘ
basedOn Afro-Caribbean rhythms ⓘ
Cuban dance rhythms ⓘ
composer George Gershwin ⓘ
compositionYear 1932 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dedicatedTo the people of Cuba ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor Albert Coates ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue Lewisohn Stadium ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
concert overture ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Rumba ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature colorful orchestration ⓘ
complex percussion patterns ⓘ
contrasting lyrical and rhythmic sections ⓘ
prominent rhythmic ostinatos ⓘ
syncopated rhythms ⓘ
hasPart large percussion section ⓘ
influencedBy Cuban popular music ⓘ
Latin American music ⓘ
inspiredByEvent George Gershwin’s 1932 trip to Havana ⓘ
languageOfWork instrumental ⓘ
movementStructure single-movement ⓘ
notableRecordingArtist Cleveland Orchestra ⓘ
Los Angeles Philharmonic ⓘ
New York Philharmonic ⓘ
originalTitle Rumba ⓘ
premiereDate 1932-08-16 ⓘ
premiereLocation New York City ⓘ
publicationYear 1932 ⓘ
style Afro-Caribbean ⓘ
Afro-Cuban ⓘ
jazz-influenced classical ⓘ
symphonic ⓘ
usesInstrument bongos ⓘ
brass ⓘ
clarinet ⓘ
cowbell ⓘ
guiro ⓘ
maracas ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
piano ⓘ
strings ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
xylophone ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Gershwin → notableWork → Cuban Overture ⓘ
Rapsodie espagnole → titleTranslation → Spanish Rhapsody ⓘ
linked to: Cuban Overture
Rumba → laterTitle → Cuban Overture ⓘ
Rumba → hasAlternativeTitle → Cuban Overture ⓘ
Rumba → laterKnownAs → Cuban Overture ⓘ