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| *Finale - ultra-dynamic "cavalry charge" ] heralded by trumpets and played by full orchestra. This is the tune used in the Lone Ranger series. | *Finale - ultra-dynamic "cavalry charge" ] heralded by trumpets and played by full orchestra. This is the tune used in the Lone Ranger series. | ||
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| {{listen|filename=William Tell2.ogg|title=William Tell Overture|description=Sodero's band performs part 2 of the overture in 1914.|format=]}} | {{listen|filename=William Tell2.ogg|title=William Tell Overture|description=Sodero's band performs part 2 of the overture in 1914.|format=]}} | ||
Revision as of 09:26, 4 February 2007
The overture to the opera William Tell, especially its high-energy finale, is a very familiar work composed by Gioacchino Rossini. There has been repeated use (and sometimes parody) of this overture in the popular media, most famously for being the theme music for the Lone Ranger media property, and it is quoted by Dmitri Shostakovich in his Symphony No. 15.
The overture is written in four parts, each segueing into the next:
- Prelude - a slow passage with low-pitch instruments such as cello and bass
- Storm - dynamic section played by full orchestra
- Ranz des vaches (call to the dairy cows) - featuring the English horn
- Finale - ultra-dynamic "cavalry charge" galop heralded by trumpets and played by full orchestra. This is the tune used in the Lone Ranger series.
wot the hell??
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