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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.
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'!
Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many works well-known to the general classical public, including Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. These, along with two of his four concertos , three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are among his most familiar works.
Pages in category "Overtures by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1812 Overture; F. Festival Overture on the Danish ...
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 ]
Maurice Jarre's score for the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago uses this melody in several tracks, most notably in the Overture. [8] The anthem, played by the Band of the Welsh Guards, was used as the theme music for the epic BBC television adaptation of War and Peace in 1972. [9] The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards continue to play "God Save the Tsar!"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture contains a sample of God Save the Tsar!, the national anthem of the Russian Empire. However, during the Soviet era, this part was replaced with a sample of Slavsya. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the sample of the imperial anthem was restored.