Overture
Overture noun - A performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event.
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Performance and overture are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Performance" instead a noun "Overture".
Performance
Performance noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.
Overture and performance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overture" instead a noun "Performance".
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- The climax of Agent Cody Banks 2 has an orchestra performing "William Tell Overture" and "War" as a command performance as the main characters duel it out in another area.
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On an episode of The Muppet Show there was a sketch featuring a performance of the William Tell Overture that ended with the cellist firing the bow from his cello to shoot an apple off Beauregard's head.
Source: Instrument of Murder - Macaroni loves the orchestra's rehearsal of von Suppe's "Light Cavalry Overture", but after the instruments and Goofy have an encounter with an elevator, the live performance quickly becomes an unmitigated disaster.
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