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Gioachino Antonio Rossini, born in Pesaro, Italy, in 1792, was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding opera composers of the 19th century. The overtures to his operas were particularly popular and quickly found their way into the standard repertoire of countless orchestras. Alongside the preludes to "The Barber of Seville", "William Tell" and "The Italian Girl in Algiers", the lively and memorable overture to the opera "The Thieving Magpie" is by far one of his best-known and most frequently performed pieces. 

Rossini wrote this overture in just a few hours on the day of the opera's premiere. While he was writing, the score pages gradually travelled to the copyists. They were standing by to copy the parts. Impressive proof that brilliant masterpieces do not necessarily require a long period of preparation!