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The concert overture has taken various forms and reasons for being:  

The concert overture has taken various forms and reasons for being:  

*As a piece for an occasion – e.g.[[William Walton]]’s “''Johannesburg Festival Overture''” was commissioned for that city’s 70th birthday celebrations.  

*As a piece for an occasion – e.g.[[William Walton]]’s “''Johannesburg Festival Overture''” was commissioned for that city’s 70th birthday celebrations.  

*As a gift – [[Brahms]] wrote his “''Academic Festival Overture''” as a thank you for an honorary doctorate at Breslau University.  

*As a gift – [[Brahms]] wrote his “''Academic Festival Overture''” as a thank you for an honorary doctorate at University of [[Wrocław]].  

*As pure music – Brahms again. His “''Tragic Overture''” is named to describe the music therein.  

*As pure music – Brahms again. His “''Tragic Overture''” is named to describe the music therein.  

*As a suite – the composer could have just as easily called it a suite, but chose “overture” instead. An example is [[Prokofiev]]’s “''Overture on Hebrew Themes''” which is rare as it is an overture written as chamber music.  

*As a suite – the composer could have just as easily called it a suite, but chose “overture” instead. An example is [[Prokofiev]]’s “''Overture on Hebrew Themes''” which is rare as it is an overture written as chamber music.