Obertura guillermo tell gioachino rossini biography

Overture to the opera William Tell

The William Tell Overture is the overture to the operaWilliam Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), composed by Gioachino Rossini.

William Tell premiered in 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.

Obertura guillermo tell gioachino rossini biography

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,^[1] and has become widely associated with horseback riding since then.

Two different parts were also used as theme music for the British television series The Adventures of William Tell, the fourth part (popularly identified in the US with The Lone Ranger) in the UK, and the third part, rearranged as a stirring march, in the US.

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