About: The William Tell Overture is the overture to Gioachino Rossini's famous opera William Tell, or Guillaume Tell. It is composed of four parts (not movements, as they flow directly into each other): Prelude, Dawn; Storm; Ranz des Vaches; and Finale, March Of The Swiss Soldiers. While the whole overture is quite famous, the Ranz des Vaches and Finale are especially well known, used in many cartoons. This part is usually used to show daybreak or morning. A Ranz des Vaches (or Kuhreihen) is actually a simple melody played on the horn by Swiss Alpine herdsmen. Below, I have arranged the full orchestra piece for a flute trio, with flute 1 and 2 being the flute and English horn parts, respectively.
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