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  2. 1812 Overture - Wikipedia

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    The 1977 film The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training uses a portion of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Also, the movie's theme song, James Rolleston's "Life is Lookin' Good," uses a variation of the music. Canadian progressive rock band Rush adopted the famous brass theme of 1812 Overture in their suite 2112, from their album of the same name ...

  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), 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. Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty - Wikipedia

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    In 975, the state of Wuyue sent to the Song dynasty a unit of soldiers skilled in the handling of fire arrows. In the same year, the Song dynasty used fire arrows and incendiary bombs to destroy the fleet of Southern Tang. [4] In 994, the Liao dynasty attacked the Song and laid siege to Zitong with 100,000 troops.

  5. List of compositions by George Frideric Handel - Wikipedia

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    Three songs and a trio written as part of a private arrangement of John Milton's masque Comus. [2] 45 Alceste: Not performed A masque which was written for an unproduced play by Tobias Smollett. Music composed between December 1749 and January 1750. 218 Love's but the frailty of the mind: 17 March 1740 Drury Lane Theatre, London

  6. Pachelbel's Canon - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, the UK-based Co-Operative Funeralcare compiled a list of the most popular, classical, contemporary and religious music across 30,000 funerals. Canon in D placed second on the Classical chart, behind Edward Elgar's "Nimrod". [4] The Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 1998 song "Christmas Canon" is a "take" on Pachelbel's Canon. [31]

  7. Category:Classical song cycles in English - Wikipedia

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    Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad; The Song and The Slogan; Song cycles (Waterhouse) A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table; Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra; Songs and Proverbs of William Blake; Songs from the Chinese; Songs of a Wayfarer; Songs of the Fleet; Songs of the Sea (Stanford) Songs of Travel; Songs Sacred ...

  8. Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    While the contributions of the Russian nationalistic group The Five were important in their own right in developing an independent Russian voice and consciousness in classical music, Tchaikovsky's formal conservatory training allowed him to write works with Western-oriented attitudes and techniques, showcasing a wide range and breadth of technique from a poised "Classical" form simulating 18th ...

  9. Music for the Royal Fireworks - Wikipedia

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    [a] [4] [5] Charles Frederick was the controller, captain Thomas Desaguliers was the chief fire master. [6] The display was not as successful as the music itself: the weather was rainy, causing many misfires, and in the middle of the show the right pavilion caught fire. Also, a woman's clothes were set on fire by a stray rocket and other ...