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    Lully: Psyche - Overture

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    Overtures and Openings

    Lully Psyche opera

    2. Lully: Psyche - Overture

    As a musical form, the French overture first appears in the court ballet and operatic overtures of Jean-Baptiste Lully which he elaborated from a similar, two-section form called Ouverture, found in the French ballets de cour as early as 1640. This French overture consists of a slow introduction followed by a lively movement.

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