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William Tell Overture

overture to the opera William Tell composed by Gioachino Rossini
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q6046246

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
musical work/composition
Publication date
1829[8]
Part of
William Tell[3]
Composer
Gioachino Rossini[2]
Copyright status
public domain, public domain[10][11]
Form of creative work
overture[12]
Has part(s)
Preulde: Dawn, Ranz des Vaches, Storm, Finale: March of the Swiss Soldiers[4][5][6][7]
Has parts
Preulde: Dawn, Ranz des Vaches, Storm, Finale: March of the Swiss Soldiers
Tonality
E major[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Lone Ranger theme song en William Tell Overture fr Ouverture de Guillaume Tell he האוברטורה של וילהלם טל it Ouverture del Guglielmo Tell ja ウィリアム・テル序曲 pt Abertura de Guilherme Tell zh 威廉泰爾序曲 zh-hant 威廉·退爾序曲
🔖 Identifiers · 3
BBC Things ID
41f43e89-c12a-4e4f-b2e6-292ee5f95583
Freebase ID
/m/011lh8k1
MusicBrainz work ID
937398a2-d307-3ccd-a390-78d1b73c6457

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← Mb:librettist 4
Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy, Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy, Hippolyte Bis, Hippolyte Bis
Copyright status 2
public domain, public domain
← Has melody 2
The Band Concert, Fiddling Around
← Mb:composer 2
Gioachino Rossini, Gioachino Rossini
Composer 1
Gioachino Rossini
Form of creative work 1
overture
Mb:based on 1
William Tell Overture
Part of 1
William Tell
Tonality 1
E major
← Mb:parts 1
William Tell
← Uses 1
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Summary

William Tell Overture is a musical work/composition[1].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Overture[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 937398a2-d307-3ccd-a390-78d1b73c6457[14]

Related Entities

Gioachino Rossini public domain

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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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