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Light Cavalry Overture

Piece of music by Franz von Suppé From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Light Cavalry Overture is the overture to Franz von Suppé’s operetta Light Cavalry (German: Leichte Kavallerie),[1] premiered in Vienna in 1866.[2] Although the whole operetta is rarely performed or recorded, the overture is one of Suppé's most popular compositions, and has achieved a quite distinct life of its own, divorced from the opera of which it originally formed a part. Many orchestras around the world have the piece in their repertoire, and the main theme of the overture has been quoted numerous times by musicians, cartoons and other media.

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Recordings

The overture has been recorded many times, including by these notable conductors:

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