Franz von Suppé – Light Cavalry Overture by Karajan - 0 fotos

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Franz von Suppé or Francesco Suppé Demelli (April 18, 1819, Spalato (Split) – May 21, 1895 (aged 76), Vienna) was an Austrian composer of light operas who was born in what is now Croatia during the time his father was working in this outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A composer and conductor of the Romantic period, he is notable for his four dozen operettas.

The most popular piece is Light Cavalry Overture

And due to descriptive nature of Suppe’s overtures they have been is frequently in cartoons. Poet & Peasant appears in the Fleischer Studios 1935 Popeye cartoon, The Spinach Overture.

Poet & Peasant Overture

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  1. Jorge Prieto wrote::

    Una de las obras mas fascinantes!!!!!!!!!

    Monday, January 3, 2011 at 5:53 am #

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  1. www.meneame.net on Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    Obertura de "Leichte Kavallerie" (Caballería Ligera) de Franz von Suppé…

    Franz von Suppé o Francesco Suppé Demelli fue un compositor de ópera austriaco del siglo XIX es conocido por sus operetas. Además de la obertura de "La caballería ligera" dirigida por Von Karajan se presenta otra de sus oberturas, Dichter……

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