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Which opera overture includes a snare-drum solo by Gioachino Rossini?
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percussion instrument
Flemish rommelpot friction drum; in the Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels.
The opera overture that includes a prominent snare-drum solo by Gioachino Rossini is La gazza ladra (1817), also known as The Thieving Magpie.12