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The piece is mentioned in a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, where Calvin is fascinated by the usage of cannons in the piece. [48] The climactic finale of the piece is one of the classical music selections in the score of the Beatles' film, Help! The riff of The Move's 1966 hit single "Night of Fear" was adapted from 1812 Overture. [49]
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [n 1] (/ tʃ aɪ ˈ k ɒ f s k i / chy-KOF-skee; [2] 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) [n 2] was a Russian composer during the Romantic period.He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally.
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]
Felix Mendelssohn aged 12 (1821) by Carl Joseph Begas. Felix Mendelssohn was born on 3 February 1809, in Hamburg, at the time an independent city-state, [n 4] in the same house where, a year later, the dedicatee and first performer of his Violin Concerto, Ferdinand David, would be born. [4]
George Frideric Handel was the house composer at Cannons from August 1717 until February 1719. [1] The Chandos Anthems and other important works by Handel were conceived, written or first performed at Cannons. Cannons was a large house in Middlesex, the seat of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos who was a patron of Handel.
Bellini, portrait by Pietro Lucchini. Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso salvaˈtoːre karˈmɛːlo franˈtʃesko belˈliːni] ⓘ; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer [1] [2] famed for his long, graceful melodies [3] and evocative musical settings.
Jean Sibelius (/ s ɪ ˈ b eɪ l i ə s /; Finland Swedish: [siˈbeːliʉs] ⓘ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; [1] 8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods.
Rossini as a young man, c. 1810–1815 Gioachino [n 1] Antonio Rossini [n 2] (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces and some sacred music.