Rienzi hymns, processions and the musical clash of arms". Cosima Wagner recorded Wagner's comment in her diary for 20 June 1871: "Rienzi" is very repugnant to me, but they should at least recognize the fire in it; I was a music director and I wrote a grand opera; the fact that it was this same music director who gave them some hard nuts to crack – that's what should astonish them. Thus the work has remained outside today's Wagner canon, and was only performed at the Bayreuth Festival in 2013, staged by Matthias von Stegmann. Although the composer disclaimed it, it
The Band Concert Nash. Mickey Mouse's concert band is performing a concert in a park. As the film opens, they are being applauded for having just played music from Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold's "Zampa". They next begin Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell" overture. Mickey's performance is first disrupted by Peter Pig's vibrato trumpet and Paddy Pig's tuba playing "Prelude: Dawn". Meanwhile, Donald Duck rolls a vendor cart through the audience selling lemonade, popcorn, and ice cream, which further distracts Mickey. While the band is playing the "Finale" segment, Donald plays "Turkey in the Straw" at the same tempo as the band. Overhearing Donald, the