"The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky
I swear, even I'm not sure if this is the actual name of the composition, but it sure is hilarious. As for the piece itself, it's good. I remember hearing it in "There is no Game".
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Bits and pieces of it have been used in all sorts of places. The story behind it is fascinating.
The TLDR, the guy putting on the concert asked Gershwin to write a jazz fusion piece, Gershwin declined. Then the guy put out promotional material anyway saying that Gershwin was premiering a new piece.
Some back and forth, and Gershwin wrote a masterpiece in less than 5 weeks.
is that considered classical?
1920s orchestral jazz fusion. I'd say it counts. Especially since it's classic jazz, not the more modern jazz that people are familiar with.
It hits all those classical notes and takes them a step further. It's also a true masterpiece. Which gives it even more leeway.
yeah this sent me down a wikipedia rabbit hole and I found that classical music has a classical period but like the period right before most people would definately think of classical. I think with my head I saw classical and thought old classical was what was meant. Like behtoven and bach and such.
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1812 overture is quite popular.
William tell overture is the theme to the lone ranger.
Queen of night aria, from the magic flute.
Clair de lune by Debussy.
Probably 20 different works by Chopin.
With the 1812 overture, most people only know the last 2-3 minutes.
https://youtu.be/VbxgYlcNxE8?si=Iy6idnutjFT-oH2V
The entire piece is amazing, and I hope Tchaikovsky got to hear it performed with some soon to be WWI era artillery before he died
Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. I love 19th century Russian composers.
Edit: and 20th century. So intense!
Whatever the song is on Samsung washer/dryers now. Saw a clip of a German guy singing the actual song once and got a chuckle
Not classical but a piece of music everyone knows nut few can name is Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs: https://youtu.be/_bpS-cOBK6Q?feature=shared
"Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the Universal Amphitheater. Well, here it is the late 1970's going on 1985. Y'know so much of the music we here today is pre-programmed electronic disco, we never get a chance to hear master blues men practicing their craft anymore. By the year 2006, the music known today as the blues will exist only in the classical records department of your local public library. So tonight, Ladies and Gentlemen, while we still can, let us welcome from Rock Island, Illinois, the blues band of Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers!
Lohengrin's wedding march might be one of those pieces, where people could be surprised to learn it's from one of Wagner's operas.
Rachmaninov 2nd piano concerto, 2nd movement.
That song by Eric Carmen “all by myself” ripped it note for note
The Devil's Gallop, by Charles Williams
https://youtu.be/e7bsL00aCGg?si=v2A2qz2aU28LA7h0
Yes, that's the one! 😂
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Kids YouTube channel Pinkfong has a cool video that highlights the use of classical music in kids rhymes and songs, that made me realise that it is no surprise many of these tunes are so catchy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIsyHeqpC1M
It is through one such music that I learnt about "An ode to Joy" and have been in love with the piece since.
'Clair de Lune' by Debussy