Obertura Festiva, by Manuel Castillo (1927-2005), is being published with the support of the Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalusia of the Andalusian government, This work for orchestra was composed in 1996 and was dedicated to the Fundación Jacinto e Inocencio Guerrero as a token of appreciation for the prize awarded to the composer by this foundation. The work does not conform to a pre-established  formal scheme, but rather it is constructed on the basis of the sum of different materials that include touches of Andalusian tonalities.