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#48. Go Tell Bill - Audio Link (in your Standard of Excellence Book - PLay-Along and learn more about the song too)
The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell , whose music was composed by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement (he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal music). The overture is in four parts, each following without pause.
There has been repeated use (and sometimes parody) of parts of this overture in both classical music and popular media. It was the theme music for The Lone Ranger in radio, television and film.
The William Tell overture features prominently in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon The Band Concert.
The music has also been used in cartoons parodying classical music - Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster in which the overture's finale is performed by Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.
The music also appears in Westerns
(Bugs Bunny Rides Again).
The finale has also been sung with specially written lyrics by Daffy Duck in Yankee Doodle Daffy
One of the most frequently used pieces of classical music in American advertising, the William Tell overture finale theme appears in many ads.
One of the most frequently used pieces of classical music in American advertising, the William Tell overture finale theme appears in many ads.
Bank of America ad features the song in an Acapella (voice only) arrangement - using the word 'done'.
A musical road was made in the US for a 2008 Honda Civic advertisement campaign.
Listen to the Overture, and watch scenes from The original Lone Ranger TV show aired from 1949 to 1957.
Interested in hearing the original William Tell Overture? It is music from the opera William Tell composed by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell premiered in 1829.
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto, and his white horse, Silver. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.
Fun Fact: The Hong Kong Jockey Club theme music is the William Tell Overture.
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