William Tell Overture Finale, Organ (March of the Swiss Soldiers) Gioachino Rossini, Classical Musi

The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), whose music was composed by Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868). William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini&39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement (he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal music). The overture is in four parts, each following without pause.