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Rossini's galloping overture, Schumann's 'Spring' symphony and Richard Strauss' emotional mountaintop

This week, learn the full story behind Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell" Overture. Plus, we'll hear two towering musical expressions of nature with Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 and Richard ...
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From the Archives - Perspectives on Rossini's 'William Tell' Overture

Brooke Knoll is the digital audience specialist and afternoon host for Classical KC. You can reach her at brooke@classicalkc.org.
NPR

William Tell Overture

William Tell OvertureWe're sticking around the OK Mozart Festival for a little while longer to hear some orchestral music. Ransom Wilson leads the Solisti New York Orchestra in the overture to ...
The Southern Illinoisan

SI Music Festival to stage Rossini opera 'William Tell' in a whole new way

You'd know it if you heard it: the spirited, rousing overture to Gioachino Rossini's final opera, "William Tell." It served as the theme music for "The Lone Ranger," and it appears so frequently in ...
American Songwriter

Meet the 19th Century Composer Behind ‘The Lone Ranger’ Theme Song

“William Tell Overture” was penned by Gioachino Rossini, a 19th century Italian composer most known for his 39 operas, with “Overture” being his last before he went into semi-retirement. Born in ...