In 1880, Peter I. Tchaikovsky wrote his orchestral piece 1812 OUVERTUERE SOLENNELLE in E-flat major, Op. 49, a musical battle scene intended to commemorate Russia's victory in the Napoleonic Wars of 1812. The work is structured in three parts, following the structure of a 'battaglia' (army formation - battle action - victory anthem), and is thus very similar to, for example,...