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1 I wait and wait and wait and wait and wait.... We cannot play the overture again.
2 And there will be an orchestra, too, for Pesach Weingott has promised to play the overture on his fiddle.
3 There was a live professional orchestra in the pit, and as the lights dimmed they started to play the overture .
4 We had our two grand pianos and were going to play the overture of Tannhäuser, one of the simplest and most melodious of Wagner's compositions.
5 She played the overture through from the beginning to the end.
6 Nowadays many organists find it possible to play the Overture to Tannhauser; the writer pleads guilty himself.
7 Ethne played the overture , and as she played she forgot that Durrance was in the room behind her.
8 The orchestra was playing the overture .
9 Schaunard, who had bought the famous hunting horn, marched before them playing the overture to "The Caravan."
10 "That billion orchestra will now play the overture backwards."
11 "I cannot play the overture again," protested Mr Saltzburg.
12 ... We cannot play the overture again.
13 "Get back to your place," said the manager to Mr Saltzburg, "and play the overture again."
14 In response to an encore which Quincy originated, and dexterously led, Miss James played the overture to Rossini's "William Tell" without notes.
15 "Still I think that I can play the overture , " she said with a smile, and she took down her violin.
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