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The classical piece that calls for real cannon fire
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Because violins and cellos simply didn't possess enough raw destructive power, the Russian composer explicitly wrote literal cannon fire into the sheet music for the 1812 Overture. It remains the only major classical composition in history where the percussion section technically requires a military-grade munitions permit to properly perform.
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