Composer | Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilitch (1840 - 1893) | ||
Instrumentation | Orchestra | ||
Sheet central | 1812 Festival Overture, in Eb (10 sheet music) | ||
Style | Romantic | ||
Date | 1880 | ||
Copyright | Public Domain | ||
Other title | The Year 1812 / 1812 год (1812 god) | ||
Added by FS, 21 Sep 2006 Mp3 performed by Skidmore College Orchestra (Public
domain from musopen.com) |
one of the greatest works of the composer, excellent |
I have conducted this piece many times, and I am thrilled that finally, I can have the score on my computer. And I do agree with Catalina, it takes a lot of effort to get everyone together. Thanks a lot. PS- Please fix the thing at the end with the basses, it does make it better. |
The music is very accurate, except for one of the most well known themes of the song. In the climax of the piece, at the "Allegro vivace" the publisher has cut out the portion of music with the Russian anthem, "God save the Tsar" in the basses. It really spoils the ending of the piece, in my opinion. |