Academic Festival Overture (German: Akademische Festouvertüre), Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the Tragic Overture, Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the summer of 1880 as a musical "thank you" to the University of Breslau, which had notified him that it would award him an honorary doctorate.
Original Name | Akademische Festouvertüre |
Date of composition | 1880 |
Premiered | 1881, January 4th in Wroclaw, Poland by Johannes Brahms |
First published | 1881 |
Type | Overture |
Tonality | C Minor |
Catalogue | Op. 80 |
Instruments | Orchestra |
Autotranslations beta |
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture en do mineur, Op. 80 Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in do minore, Op. 80 Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture c-moll, Op. 80 |