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What musical form is William Tell Overture in?

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The overture, which is set in Switzerland, features trumpets, trombones, timpani, triangle, oboes, French horns, clarinets, flute, piccolo, bass drum, cymbals and strings. Musicians are told by Rossini in the manuscript to perform it “with spirit”

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