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ROMEO AND JULIET
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THIS IS MUSIC FROM THE STORY AND MUSICAL OF ROMEO AND JULIET, BASED ON SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY. THE FAMOUS MELODY KNOWN AS "LOVE THEME" IS PART OF THE 3 STRANDS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL 19 MINUTE SONG. TAKEN FROM TCHAIKOVSKY'S SYMPHONIC POEM, COMPLETED IN 1880.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Genre
Pop • Alt-Pop
Charts
Peak #33
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
PYOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY - 1880
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PUBLIC DOMAIN
Uploaded
April 24, 2009
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MP3 26.3 MB • 192 kbps • 19:09
Story behind the song
Romeo and Juliet is a musical work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, subtitled Overture-Fantasy, based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. Like other composers such as Berlioz and Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Shakespeare, and he also wrote works on The Tempest and Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet, unlike Tchaikovsky's other major compositions, does not have an opus number. Although styled an 'Overture-Fantasy' by the composer, the overall design is a symphonic poem in sonata-form with an introduction and an epilogue. The work is based on three main strands of the Shakespeare story. The first strand, written in F-sharp minor, following Balakirevaaa€šÂ¬aa€žÂ¢s suggestion, is the introduction representing the saintly Friar Laurence. Here there is a flavour of Russian Orthodoxy, but also a foreboding of doom from the lower strings. In 1880, ten years after his first reworking of the piece, Tchaikovsky rewrote the ending and gave the piece the sub-title "Overture-Fantasia". It was completed by 10 September 1880, but did not receive its premiere until 1 May 1886, in Tbilisi, Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire), under Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. This third and final version is the one that is now in the repertoire. The earlier versions are performed occasionally as historical curiosities.
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