1812 Overture

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“Why perform it with cannons? Because if you have the opportunity to do it that way you do it. The ways you have suggested are pathetic. When I performed it (inside) we had a person shoot blanks into a...”
“I once wrote my previous post when I was a little bit younger, but now I know why cannons are in this work and why it's performed with cannons, and it's best that way!!!”
“Why they perform this with cannons?!!!!!!!, they can do it with a Sledge hammer hitting a Bass Drum, or a Tam-tam, or Fireworks, but why with cannons?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“It is a masterpiece, after Beethoven, Tchaikovsky is next on my preference. MMM I do not know if here is the score for the version with choruses, which is even more brutal and would very much like it....”
“excellent. A magnificent and inspiring work. Take on it is found in the middle of a storm, or that famous battle near the bridge of the Beresina, in which Russia causes the shift in the Napoleonic inv...”
“It is a wonderful piece that the end brings tears to the eyes, a lump in my throat, a nagging desire to scream and you can only applaud!”
“I love this work by the strong expression that has to hear it. Is this precious work. I do not dare to make arrangements that are of the author.”
“This is what I really search for , thank U :)”
“Really bad graphics. I cannot even read it”
“This work takes you to the battlefield by your brief 15 minutes,
fantastic, exceeds the limits of the hearing undoubtedly.”
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About 1812 Overture

The Year 1812 Solemn Overture, Op. 49, popularly known as the 1812 Overture, is a concert overture in E♭ major written in 1880 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to commemorate the successful Russian defense against Napoleon's invading Grande Armée in 1812.
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