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The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), whose music was composed by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement (he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal music).
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William Tell (French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell) is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L. F. Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell, which, in turn, drew on the William Tell legend. The opera was Rossini's last, although he ...
The Adventures of William Tell – Gioachino Rossini, lyrics were added by Harold Purcell and were sung by David Whitfield. Adventure Time ("Island Song") – Ashley Eriksson; AEW Dynamite ("Jane") – Jefferson Starship; After Henry (Three Quarter Blues") – George Gershwin; Agatha Christie's Poirot – Christopher Gunning
"William Tell Overture (Abridged)" (Gioachino Rossini) 1:17 "Country Lane" 4:43: An original piece originally intended to be used in a scene where the protagonist, Alex, is taken into the country and beaten by police. It restates themes from other compositions and also quotes the well-known Dies Irae theme. The words of the Dies Irae ("Dies ...
Fred Lowery (2 November 1909 – 11 December 1984) [1] was a blind professional whistler who recorded a No. 9 Billboard chart hit version of "The High and the Mighty" with conductor and arranger LeRoy Holmes.
William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini, played by the Portsmouth Sinfonia (opening, 1974). The Portsmouth Sinfonia was an English orchestra founded by a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art in 1970. [1]
"William Tell Overture" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1977. It is a rendition of the last movement ( Allegro molto ) from Gioachino Rossini 's William Tell Overture , played in a deliberately much slower arrangement than Rossini's original piece.