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Ion Ivanovici (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Ивановић) (alternatively: Jovan Ivanović, Iosif Ivanovici, Josef Ivanovich) (1845 – 28 September [O.S. 16 September] 1902) was a Romanian military band conductor and composer of Banat Serbian origin, best remembered today for his waltz Waves of the Danube.
A life on the ocean wave! A home on the rolling deep! Where the scatter'd waters rave, and the winds their revels keep; Like an eagle cag'd I pine, On this dull, unchanging shore; Oh give me the flashing brine, The spray and the tempest's roar. (Chorus) A life on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep,
Henry Russell (24 December 1812 or 1813 – 8 December 1900) was an English pianist, baritone singer and composer, born into a distinguished Jewish family. Biography [ edit ]
This lyrical theme, suggestive of the power and stunning beauty of the cave, is intended to develop feelings of loneliness and solitude. The second theme, meanwhile, depicts movement at sea and "rolling waves". [7] The piece is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings.
Also, cannon shots are heard at the end of Rush's "Overture". [50] "The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim" (Episode 5, Series 2, of the British drama series, Agatha Christie's Poirot (1990)), the title character plays a record of the 1812 Overture so that the cannon fire will mask the sound of him breaking into his own safe. [51]
The waltz "Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves") is the best-known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), who first published it in 1888. [1] It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide", according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music . [ 2 ]
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Alfredo Catalani (19 June 1854 – 7 August 1893) was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley (1890) and La Wally (1892). [1] La Wally was composed to a libretto by Luigi Illica, and features Catalani's most famous aria "Ebben?