Karneval in Rom (detail) /
Johannes Lingelbach (ca. 1650)

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How, according to Berlioz, not to write an overture: Ferdinand Hérold‘s Zampa…

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… and how it should be done – the Berlioz version:

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…and here’s another concert overture by Berlioz – Le Corsaire:

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