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3 unusual facts about Flight of the Bumblebee


Blue Rondo à la Turk

Those medleys also included themes from other well-known tunes including "America" from West Side Story, "Toccata and Fugue in D", and "Flight of the Bumblebee".

Georges Cziffra

Cziffra is also well known for his technically demanding transcriptions of several orchestral works for the piano – among them, one of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, written in interlocking octaves.

Shred guitar

The most recent ascent in speed seems to be centered around speed competitions using the classical music piece 'Flight of the Bumblebee.'


Song of Scheherazade

Themes by Rimsky-Korsakov that are used include: "Song of India" from Sadko (sung by Charles Kullman); Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan; "Hymn to the Sun" from The Golden Cockerel; Capriccio Espagnol, and Scheherazade.


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