Boston Conservatory professor Jan Swafford explains how a piece written to celebrate a Russian war victory became the theme song for American... The Co-Opting Of Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture' Pyotr ...

Somehow, over the past half-century and with hardly anyone noticing, the 19th century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has become as integral to the Fourth of July as George Washington and ...

Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra will have a free Holiday Patriotic Pops concert with fireworks on July 3 at Institute Park The concert will include works by American composers as well as ...

LENOX — It takes a really special Tanglewood on Parade gala concert to make the obligatory annual bombast of Tchaikovsky's “1812 Overture” — led this season by former BSO Assistant Conductor Anna ...

People from Boston and across the country gathered in near-perfect weather Friday to celebrate the country’s 249th birthday with pageantry and patriotism at the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Many ...