Posted on Jul 9, 2022
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In this guy's opinion that is exactly what we should do. BTW he got the Borodino outcome wrong, too. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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4th of July
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World History
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LTC Tom Jones If the 1812, Overture were omitted, what would the cannon cockers do to celebrate?
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The only reason to omit the 1812 Overture is it's not about the War Of 1812 between the United States and Britain. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote it to commemorate Russia's successful defense against Napoleon invasion of Russia in 1812. Pretty weak reason. It fits the festivities of the Fourth of July. It's also in the public domain. Besides the "Stars and Stripes Forever" and the "Star Spangled Banner" and the possibly the "Thunderer" what would you substitute?
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LTC Dave Leppanen
Personally, I also like the 1812 Overture although I think it's a bit overplayed. However, there are situations where you almost expect to hear it. I like it even more now that there's a group that opposes it.
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CPT Jack Durish
My question as well. Why? As far as I can tell, the 1812 Overture has nothing to do with the Revolution which is, after all, what we are celebrating on Independence Day (well, sort of). However, the music does tend to accentuate otherwise predictable fireworks displays (I suppose that's the only reason this composition is played in many venues and almost always in conjunction with a fireworks display)
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SGT Mary G.
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On target. The eloquence of brevity Gotta remember that one.
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