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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.
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The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), 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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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]
1812 Overture, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, United States Army Band. Nominate and support. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:34, 10 June 2011 (UTC) Oppose—The second chord is out of tune, and so are a lot of the other chords sung by the choir.
The overture finishes with a virtuoso coda for the full orchestra. The piece is frequently paired in performance with Tchaikovsky's " 1812 Overture ," which also quotes "God Save the Tsar." In Russia, during the Soviet era , the imperial anthem was replaced in both pieces with the chorus " Glory, Glory to you, holy Rus'!