Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture'

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tchaikovsky%27s_%271812_Overture%27
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musical_composition
gptkbp:arrangements many orchestral arrangements
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky
gptkbp:cultural_significance celebratory piece
gptkbp:dedication Russian audience
gptkbp:duration approximately 15 minutes
gptkbp:featured_in gptkb:films
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture'
gptkbp:influences gptkb:military_music
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:Battle_of_Borodino
gptkbp:is_often_used_in national holidays
gptkbp:is_popular_in Western classical music
gptkbp:notable_features cannons
church bells
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:Riccardo_Muti
gptkb:Tugan_Sokhiev
gptkb:André_Previn
gptkb:Charles_Dutoit
gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan
gptkb:Mariss_Jansons
gptkb:Vladimir_Jurowski
gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkb:Gustavo_Dudamel
gptkb:Gustavo_Gimeno
gptkb:Michael_Tilson_Thomas
gptkb:Eugene_Ormandy
gptkb:Mstislav_Rostropovich
gptkb:Claudio_Abbado
gptkb:Daniel_Barenboim
gptkb:Simon_Rattle
gptkb:Valery_Gergiev
gptkb:John_Williams
gptkb:Kurt_Masur
gptkb:Zubin_Mehta
gptkb:Leonard_Slatkin
gptkb:Neeme_Järvi
gptkb:Jaap_van_Zweden
gptkb:Bernstein
gptkbp:orchestration gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:performed_at fireworks displays
gptkbp:premiere_date August 20, 1882
gptkbp:recordings numerous
gptkbp:style romantic
gptkbp:uses Russian national themes
gptkbp:year_composed 1880
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Valery_Gergiev
gptkb:The_New_York_City_Philharmonic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5