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Ponchielli - Thematic Index. Best Classical Tunes.
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Ponchielli, Amilcare 1834-1886 Italy
Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda (Ponchielli)
 
1 Flutes, glockenspiel, and violins shimmer in the "Hours of dawn" (Le ore dell'aurora)
2 " Danza delle ore del giorno" (Dance of the hours of day). This is the tune everyone knows, on flutes and 1st violins.
3 "Sortano le ore della sera" with flutes and oboes playing a minor tune against pizzicato strings.
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