Percussion: timpani, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, carillon.Brass: 4 horns in F, 2 cornets in B ♭, 2 trumpets in E ♭, 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass) and 1 tuba.Woodwinds: 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B ♭ and 2 bassoons.Note: the brass band or its substitute is meant to play during the finale only.
Military or marching bands also play this part. In some indoor performances, the part may be played on an organ.
It has also become a common accompaniment to fireworks displays on the United States' Independence Day. The 15-minute overture is best known for its climactic volley of cannon fire, ringing chimes, and a brass fanfare finale. The overture debuted in Moscow on 20 August 1882 (Julian date: 8 August 1882), conducted by Ippolit Al'tani under a tent near the then-almost-finished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, which also memorialized the 1812 defense of Russia. 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. A performance, with cannon fire, at the 2005 Classical Spectacular in Melbourne, AustraliaĬommemoration of the 1812 Russian defense against Napoleon's invading Grande Armée
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