Flight Of The Bumblebee, The

Reel · 4/4 · C major

The Flight of the Bumblebee is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed between 1899 and 1900. Although structured here as a fast 4/4 reel in C major, the piece is universally recognized for its frantic, chromatic, and virtuosic character designed to musically mimic the erratic flight of a bumblebee. While it is not a traditional folk tune, its high-speed perpetual motion style has made it a legendary showpiece for solo instrumentalists across many genres.

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