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Joshua 5:13-6:27 The Fall of Jericho 

The Year 1812, festival overture in E♭ major, Op. 49, popularly known as the 1812 Overture,[1] is an overture written in 1880 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to commemorate Russia’s defense of its motherland against Napoleon’s invading Grande Armée in 1812. It has also become a common accompaniment to fireworks displays. El año 1812, … Continue reading

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Joshua 3:1-4:24 – Crossing the Jordan

The soundtrack to Raiders of the Lost Ark was released by Columbia Records in June 1981. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestrations were done by Herbert W. Spencer with additional orchestrations done by Al Woodbury. La … Continue reading

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Joshua 1:1-18 – Joshua Succeeds Moses

  Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements (plus a recurring, varied Promenade) composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The suite is Mussorgsky’s most famous piano composition and has become a showpiece for virtuoso … Continue reading

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