What is Academic Festival Overture?
[[File:JohannesBrahms.jpg|thumb|Brahms]] The '''Academic Festival Overture, [[Opus|Op.]] 80''' (1879) is an [[orchestra]]l work by [[Johannes Brahms]]. On 11 March 1879, the [[University of Wrocław|University of Breslau]] in [[Poland]] awarded Brahms an honorary [[doctorate]]. He thanked them with this Overture. Brahms conducted the first performance in Breslau in 1881. The piece is written in modified [[sonata form]] for the largest orchestra among Brahms's 14 orchestral works. The music is based on four student drinking songs. == References == * Woodstra, Chris, et al. 2005. ''All Music Guide to Classical Music''. All Music Guide, LLC. pp.&nbsp;189–190. {{ISBN|0-87930-865-6}}. {{music-stub}} [[Category:Overtures]] [[Category:Compositions by Johannes Brahms]] [[Category:Wrocław]]