Tune Req: William Tell Overture

Subject: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Inükshük
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 04:19 AM

I need this tune in standard notation or mandolin or guitar tablature pronto (within twenty-four hours). Help!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: masato sakurai
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 04:45 AM

William Tell Overture (piano score; New York, New York, De Luxe Music, [19--]) is at Historic American Sheet Music.

Some orchestral scores at American Memory are:
(1) Overture; William Tell / by Rossini (Boston: Ditson, Oliver, 1885).
(2) Overture; William Tell / by Rossini (Philadelphia: Brophy Bros., 1885)
(3) Overture; William Tell / by Rossini (New York: Schott, J. & Co., 1885)
(4 ) William Tell / by Rossini (Saint Louis: Kunkel Bros., 1875)

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Inükshük
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 05:19 AM

Excellent resources, Masato, thank you so much.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Leadfingers
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 06:40 AM

Thats one of my Whistle pieces, though poor old Rossinni might not like it too much.My 'arrangement' is largely borrowed from Spike Jones !!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Inükshük
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 09:02 AM

Great stuff it is! Hard to conjure up from memory though. I'm still looking for a simple melody line.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 10:07 AM

Melody line only at JC's.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 10:26 AM

Vin Garbutt also used to play it on a whistle - he was hilarious.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Mooh
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 11:29 AM

FWIW, Hal Leonard publishes a decent little fake book "The Real Little Classical Fake Book" which contains this and 600 other "classical themes and melodies in their original keys". I've used it much more than I anticipated because it's a great source for tunes for electric bass lessons (I transpose for the student usually), and non-pop guitar and mandolin. It has good (and many) chord changes indicated guitar style above the staff, and many melodies have supporting harmonies (like the Chopin stuff), all written in the treble clef. The only downer is the very small print, but all I do is scan or photocopy and enlarge (and sometimes cut and paste to tab it for students). It was an afterthought from a shopping trip and a good afterthought at that.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Wolfgang
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 11:33 AM

Midi

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 11:57 AM

Being aware that the part one normally hears (the fanfare and the "Lone Ranger's theme song") is only the concluding segment of the overture, which is a much longer piece. But this is probably all you want.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: GUEST,Obie
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 12:11 PM

Lone Ranger Theme
To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump !

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Inükshük
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 02:36 PM

Just wonderful! Thank you everybody. I have everything I need now. Does anyone else remember playing this tune with a pencil tapped against your teeth and changing the shape of your mouth to approximate the tones? Fun kid stuff in the early grades.
Much appreciated.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 04:23 PM

No, but I watched Mark Tingley(?) play it on a lap dulcimer with 2 pencils once.....

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 05:03 PM

        Two guys were deep into puzzles and charades. The competition between them was fierce, and the big problem was that one of the guys always won and the other always lost. Then, the one who always lost suddenly had a brilliant idea. He called his friendly adversary and said "I've got one for you that you will never get! Meet me tomorrow at my place." Then he made some phone calls to an art school that had a call-list of models willing to pose in the nude, and hired eight young women.
        The following evening, the perpetual winner showed up at the perpetual loser's apartment. "Whatcha got?" he asked.
        "Okay, girls," the perpetual loser called. "Show time!"
        Eight young women in varying states of undress walked into the living room and lined up. Three were bare from the waist up and five were bare from the waist down. The first, bare from the waist up, stood facing the two men. The second, bare from the waist down, stood with her back to them. The next two pairs of women lined up in similar alternation. The remaining four, bare from the waist down, stood with their backs toward the two men.
        "Now," said the perpetual loser, confident of immanent victory, "What is that?"
        The perpetual winner walked back and forth for several minutes gazing at the line of women and stroking his chin. Finally, he said, "Got it!"
        "Impossible!" said the other.
        "It's obvious!" said the winner. "Titty-rump-titty-rump-titty-rump-rump-rump! The William Tell Overture!"
        "Damn, damn, damn! Lost again!!"

Don Firth

My apologies to anyone who regards this anecdote as "sexist."

Subject: RE: Tune Req: William Tell Overture
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 11:30 PM

WHY?

What was the rush?

If you had posted your "necessity" the responce might have exceeded WHAT you read here.

Sincerely,

Gargoyle

The "teeth-playing" requires the "jew's harp" technique found with-in multiple postings in the MC-forum. Use a bracket *^^#$%      search....