1812 Overture in E♭ major, Op. 49 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky wrote this piece as part of the festival preparations for the 25th anniversary of the coronation of Alexander II. The work itself is to commemorate the victory of the Russian forces against Napoleon in 1812, marking a major defeat of Napoleon’s Grande Armée in a land-based battle.
Tchaikovsky stated that he “wrote it without warmth and without love”, however it would go on to be one of the most profitable compositions he ever wrote. The original work was to include six cannons fired through the use of electrical signals, but was never performed in this manner due to the technical difficulties of the proposition.
1812 Overture in E♭ major, Op. 49 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky wrote this piece as part of the festival preparations for the 25th anniversary of the coronation of Alexander II. The work itself is to commemorate the victory of the Russian forces against Napoleon in 1812, marking a major defeat of Napoleon’s Grande Armée in a land-based battle.
Tchaikovsky stated that he “wrote it without warmth and without love”, however it would go on to be one of the most profitable compositions he ever wrote. The original work was to include six cannons fired through the use of electrical signals, but was never performed in this manner due to the technical difficulties of the proposition.
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