OUVERTURE 1812

Created on 08/03/2006
Latest update on 25/03/2024

Artist: Peter Iljitsj Tsjaikovski
Author: Peter Iljitsj Tsjaikovski
Year: 1882

Created to inaugurate the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, built to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon's army in 1812.

Covers:

1954:

Mitch Miller [as Napoleon; lyrics: Victor Abrams]

1959:

Drifters [quoted in There Goes My Baby]

1966:

Cream [intro BBC-session I'm So Glad]

1967:

Move [in Night Of Fear; n°2 UK]

1976:

Portsmouth Sinfonia

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