A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Jubilee Overture, The

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1522147A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Jubilee Overture, TheGeorge GroveGeorge Grove

JUBILEE OVERTURE, THE (in E), by C. M. von Weber; composed for the festival held at Dresden in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the accession of Frederick Augustus I. of Saxony; op. 59. The autograph is dated Dresden, Sept. 11, 1818, and the first performance was at the Court Theatre on Sept. 20. The overture winds up with 'God save the King.' Weber had written a Jubel cantata for the occasion, but it was put aside, and the overture—an entirely independent work—performed instead.

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