The Nokia ringtone is a musical phrase from a piece of solo guitar music by Francisco Tárrega, called Gran Vals from 1902.
One time I was listening to classical music because I was in a mood. It was a Mozart piece. The piano player started playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. At first I was like, “if bro is such a genius, why did he rip off Twinkle, Twinkle, Litt- oh, he wrote it.”
Love it lol.
Unbeknownst to me until a moment ago, the piece is Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”, based on a French folk song.
I’m pretty sure it was a common folk tune at the time. WA Mozart loved to do “variations on” stuff that people already knew and enjoyed. I don’t believe he originated the tune
Wow I grew around classical music as my dad is huge into it and also loves Mozart, still TIL. Lol I probably should pay more attention to my dad.
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A moment of silence, for those that don’t get the reference.
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Fur Elise.
Für. It’s German, For Elise. She’s not furry 😉
A lot of mobile keyboards will let you pick the umlaut version if you long-press a letter.
Will you Fürgive me?
How do you know Elise wasn’t a Fürry?
Also: who the fuck is Elise?
Always makes me think of the Commodore 64, but surely that isn’t why we know it these days?
It was the tone the buzzer played in a lot of apartment buildings around the 00s.
O Fortuna, https://youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4
C’mon, post the definitive version!
That’s remarkable. With the subtitles you can really hear it!
Omg laugh coughing and ded now🪦
That’s wild
That’s from the 1930s. The original was just a poem, not music.
Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky), The Planets (Holst), and Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) are all pretty badass but often get used in movies, game trailers, even ads without being named.
EDIT: Everyone likes links, ja?
Don’t forget Flight of the Bumblebee too!
Ill add Pachelbel’s Cannon in D as well.
Love it, but I feel like most people actually do know that one by name.
God, the planets inspired pretty much every goddamn sci fi soundtrack. Everyone gets the imperial march, but i’m talking right back before even Haskin’s War of the Worlds and Journey to the centre of the earth, past SW and wrath of khan and into Foundation.
Canon in D, used constantly in modern music and people usually don’t recognize it. If you don’t believe me go listen to Maroon 5’s Memories. I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t want to though…
Written by Pachelbel. Aka Pachelbel’s Canon
Yup came here to add this thanks
I also like the rock version
“La Donna è mobile” from Verdi’s Rigoletto. Have you seen a pasta sauce commercial? Then you’ve heard this aria.
Another Verdi piece that comes up often is Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore
Also Sprach Zarathustra. (Thus Spake Zarathustra) very overused, but one of the greatest pieces of music in all of history.
Features heavily in the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
That movie has some other greats like Blue Danube Waltz by Strauss.
Mornin’ Ralph, mornin’ Sam
I read the last word wrong.
You know Entry of the Gladiators, but you might not think of gladiators when you hear the song.
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons has some pretty recognizable parts in it, such as the first Allegro for Spring, which is popular for fancy receptions, or the Allegro for Winter, which is a great theme for a descent into madness.
Also, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, a classic “something evil is about to go down” piece.
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No, you’re correct. It’s the same video but with different timestamps, although the first two are virtually identical because the Spring Allegro is the first piece.
It’s really like every mad aristocratic mad doctor with a pipe organ in a baltic castle knows that one piece.
Yes, it’s perfect for villainous activity of any kind.
William Tell Overture - An entire generation of people came up knowing a portion of the song as the Lone Ranger Theme.
Also, I suspect very few people know The Blue Danube by name, but almost everyone could hum the entire thing if prompted.
This was gonna be my addition and you beat me to it.
The flower duet. Used in countless movies: https://youtu.be/8Qx2lMaMsl8?feature=shared
