1812

One of the pieces that I have played in my musical nucleus, we haven't played it for a couple of years, of course I could do it better before, but now I don't have the same amount of time to study with the instrument as I had before. Now I just moved to 4th year of medicine, the little time I have left I try to study some scales, flexibility, and some long notes, because I have realized that I don't have even a quarter of the sound I had before. Well, I hope I can improve, but I'm still on my feet trying to play something for you.

When I was younger, I had always heard this song, and I didn't know its composer, and the melody itself. I only remembered a small passage, which is the one that sounds at the beginning of the video above. This passage almost always, in cartoons, and movies that were related to the United States, was present. And for me it was inevitable to relate it in the same way, I don't know if the theme has anything to do with this country, I would like that if someone knows a little bit about it could mention it below.

Something about the history

The 1812 Overture,1 Op. 49 is a romantic overture written by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1880. The piece was written to commemorate the victory of the Russian resistance in 1812 against the advance of Napoleon Bonaparte's Grande Armée.

The overture premiered in Moscow on August 20, 1882, conducted by Ippolit Al'tani under a tent near the then unfinished Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and was conducted by Tchaikovsky himself in 1891 at the opening of New York's Carnegie Hall, in what was one of the first times a major European composer visited the United States.

It is renowned for its triumphant epic finale, the original version of which includes a volley of cannon fire and peal of bells. It has also become a common accompaniment to fireworks displays on Independence Day in the United States. The 1812 Overture went on to become one of Tchaikovsky's most popular works, along with his ballet scores for The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.

I hope my interpretation is to your liking. A big hug! God bless you!

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