The grooves were synched in such a way that driving over them at precisely 55mph caused Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” — a.k.a. the Lone Ranger theme — to echo in the air around you.

This week, learn the full story behind Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell" Overture. Plus, we'll hear two towering musical expressions of nature with Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 and Richard ...

From the Archives with Frank Byrne From the Archives - Perspectives on Rossini's 'William Tell' Overture By Frank Byrne, Brooke Knoll Published September 19, 2023 at 2:16 PM CDT ...

The Proms concerts in London are essentially the biggest music festival in the world. Every year the world's great orchestras -- including London's own -- congregate in England for this festival ...

When the Turin Royal Theatre Orchestra, under the leadership of their resident conductor, Gianandrea Noseda, got to the end of Rossini’s ultra-familiar William Tell Overture – the Lone Ranger ...

Rossini's 38th and final opera, "William Tell," was finished when the composer was 37 years old. It's Rossini's longest and most architecturally ambitious overture, an extremely popular concert ...

William Tell is everywhere. He is sculpted in stone, in bronze, in wax, in wood and in chocolate-100 percent Swiss, of course. The simple farmer with the steady aim remains larger than life almost … ...

You can call it a cello mash-up, as the pair start their performance with a stirring rendition of the 'William Tell Overture' before segueing into the Maiden classic. As you can see above, the duo ...

The William Tell Overture is one of the most exhilarating pieces in music. So we whole-heartedly approve of this version, in which drumsticks attached to a runaway toy train beat out Gioachino Rossini ...

By Gretchen Day-Bryant | Sun Sentinel UPDATED: June 12, 2018 at 6:33 AM EDT ...

We can confirm, it was 100 percent worth the time and effort. Connor Gallagher, an English guitarist, composer and arranger, is responsible for the excellent musical creation below, in which the ...

Festivities kicked off earlier this week in Weimar to mark the very first performance of Schiller’s masterpiece. Schiller’s best-known play, William Tell, was first performed on stage in ...