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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Banda Rossa
Author: Gioacchino Rossini
Label: Berliner
Year: 1895
Rossini (1792-1868) wrote this opera in Paris (where he lived for 45 years) based upon Friedrich von Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell. It was his last opera (1829). After that Rossini concentrated on religious music exclusively.
Covers:
71st Regiment Band [transferred to cd by the Tinfoil Company]
Juan Spiwak & Juan Luria [with Friedrich Kark on organ]
William Reitz [on xylophone]
Mickey Mouse [in film The Band Concert, his first one in color; in medley with Turkey In The Straw]
Spike Jones [top 10 US]
Andrews Sisters [as Now That I'm In Love]
Dutch Swing College Band [as Wilhelm Tell]
Piltdown Men [as Piltdown Rides Again; hit UK]
B. Bumble & The Stingers [as Apple Knocker]
Charly Cotton [hit GER as Wilhelm Tell Twist]
Walter Carlos [in film A Clockwork Orange]
Brave Combo [all as William Tell Overture]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)