What holidays are celebrated with fireworks? The New Year and of course, the Fourth of July. Join Melissa Dundis and listen to classical music inspired by fireworks on this episode of YourClassical Adventures.

Claude Debussy: Feux d’artifice— This piece was written to sound like a bunch of fireworks going off.

George Fredrich Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks — This piece was written for at the end of a war, to celebrate peace in London.

Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture - Finale — This piece features a cannon balls that kind of sound like fireworks.

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