Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Composed by: Nicolai
- Composed: 1849
- Duration: about 8 minutes
Orchestration: 2 flutes (second doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals), and strings