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.
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
O Fortuna, https://youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4
C’mon, post the definitive version!
Omg laugh coughing and ded now🪦
That’s wild
That’s remarkable. With the subtitles you can really hear it!
That’s from the 1930s. The original was just a poem, not music.
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.
Aquarium from Carnival des Animaux, Camile Saint-Saëns
https://youtu.be/YVpl-RNzdE4?si=tfZu_ItXehzanh2k
Can-Can, Offenbach
https://youtu.be/4Diu2N8TGKA?si=C3venw8SQQx0vYMF
Russian Dance - Tschaikovsky
Tchaikovsky came to mind right away - the Nutcracker is filled with these sound clips you hear everywhere this time of year.
The flower duet. Used in countless movies: https://youtu.be/8Qx2lMaMsl8?feature=shared
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?
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.
This one is a bit newer but you’ll recognize it immediately.
“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
IDK what is considered classical music, but the song that many people know as “Circus music” is actually an orchestral piece called Entry of the Gladiators composed for Czech military parades
The comment section on this one is a treat
0:14 is really a special moment
Air on the G String. Although as I said in another comment Bach is technically baroque not classical.
I assume they meant Classical Music, in the broader sense, versus the Classical Period exemplified by composers like Mozart and Haydn. I was under the impression, as well, that the Classical period really referred to Greek and Roman times and the period you reference was the Neo-Classical. But I see it is referred to as Classical in at least a couple of articles on Wikipedia.
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You know Entry of the Gladiators, but you might not think of gladiators when you hear the song.
Not necessarily classical since it came out in the 1940s, but Aram Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance (when things go off the rails)
