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Overture: "La Gazza Ladra" (the thieving magpie)

Alternative title: 
The Thieving Magpie

Composer:

  • Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

Work Type:

  • Overture

Concerts by Work

Title Date Venue Professor
Annual Reid Concert 1865 Monday, February 13, 1865 The Music Hall Donaldson, John, 1788-1865
Edinburgh University Musical Society Concert Friday, March 18, 1870 University Music Class Room Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
Edinburgh University Musical Society Wednesday, March 18, 1874 The Music Hall Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
Organ recital Thursday, February 9, 1882 University Music Class Room Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
Edinburgh Orchestral Festival: Reid Concert 1882 Monday, February 13, 1882 The Music Hall Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
Edinburgh Orchestral Festival: Reid Concert 1889 Wednesday, February 13, 1889 The Music Hall Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903
Annual Reid Concert 1905 Thursday, February 16, 1905 University Music Class Room Niecks, Frederick Maternus, 1845-1924
Displaying all 7 concerts where this work was performed.

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