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  2. 1812 Overture - Wikipedia

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    The Year 1812, Solemn Overture, Op. 49, popularly known as the 1812 Overture, [1] is a concert overture in E ♭ major written in 1880 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The piece commemorates Russia 's successful defense against the French invasion of the nation in 1812.

  3. William Tell Overture - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    The 1812 overture complete with cannon fire was performed at the 2005 Classical Spectacular. Among the other works, Capriccio Italien is a travelogue of the composer's time there during his years of wandering and a conscious emulation of the Mediterranean episodes in Glinka's Spanish Overtures. [49]

  5. William Tell (opera) - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Wikipedia : Featured sound candidates/1812 Overture

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    This is an extremely famous composition ant it meets all Wikipedia:Featured sound criteria. Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Creator United States Army Band Articles in which this recording appears 1812 Overture, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, United States Army Band. Nominate and support.

  7. Category:Concert overtures - Wikipedia

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  8. V for Vendetta: Music from the Motion Picture - Wikipedia

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    The track "Remember, Remember" uses the "national anthem" [clarification needed] part of the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, and "Knives And Bullets (And Cannons Too)" incorporates the piece in its final two minutes. The second track in the ending credits is "BKAB" by independent producer Ethan Stoller.

  9. List of program music - Wikipedia

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    Next to the actual, finalized Fidelio overture, this is the most commonly performed version, and still sometimes replaces the Fidelio overture in some productions. Egmont Overture , Op. 84 Wellington's Victory , Op. 91 is also known as the Battle Symphony and describes the battle between the French and British armies outside the Spanish town of ...