| Composition Year | 1930 |
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| Genre Categories | Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
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| Work Title | Overture to a Picaresque Comedy, GP 305 |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Bax, Arnold |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | GP 305 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IAB 119 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1930 |
| First Performance. | 1931 November 19, Hallé Orchestra conducted by the dedicatee |
| First Publication. | 1932 |
| Dedication | To Hamilton Harty |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 11 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| InstrDetail | 3 flutes (no.3 also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, harp, strings |
| External Links | Wikipedia article (in Dutch) Baxworks site |
