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Classical Pieces You’ve Probably Heard but Might Not Remember the Name

subtextsays:
thatnicegingerfangirl:
canned-chaos:
preciousnugget:
William Tell Overture- Rossini (Most famous part at 8:45, but why not listen to the whole thing?)
Also Sprach Zarathustra- Strauss
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik- Mozart
Symphony 94, Mvt. 2 “Surprise Symphony”- Haydn
Toccata and Fugue in d Minor-Bach
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2- Chopin
Rondo alla Turca- Mozart
Sinfonie de Fanfares: Rondeau- Jean-Joseph Mouret
The Four Seasons: Spring- Vivaldi (I just linked to the whole thing because it’s great)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- Bach
O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)- Carl Orff
Funeral March- Chopin
Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop (A.K.A. Can Can)- Offenbach
Pomp and Circumstance (You probably graduated to this)- Elgar
Gayane: Sabre Dance- Aram Khachaturian
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March- Mendelssohn
Carmen: Les Toreadors- Bizet
The Ride of the Valkyries- Wagner
Für Elise- Beethoven
Dance of the Hours- Ponchielli
Rigotello: La Donna e Mobile- Verdi
Night on Bald Mountain- Mussorgsky
Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme- Tchaikovsky
Entry of the Gladiators- Julius Fucik
Lakmé: Flower Duet- Delibes
Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King- Greig
Rodeo: Hoedown- Copland
Peer Gynt: Morning Mood- Greig
New World Symphony Mov. [2][4]- Dvorak
Ave Maria (You knew this, but did you know that it was by Schubert?)
Canon in D- Pachelbel
Add others if you want! Have fun!
Dies Irae (from Requiem) - Verdi
Flight of the Bumblebee - Rimsky-Korsakov
Finale to the 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky
Der Holle Rache kocht in meiner herzen (aka the Queen of the Night aria) - Mozart
Libiamo ne’ lieti calici - Verdi
Largo al factotum - Rossini
Overture to The Barber of Seville - Rossini
The Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
Moonlight Sonata (mvmt. 1) - Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven
I’m sure there are more but these were some of the first that came to mind as missing!
I think this one’s missing, one of my favourites:
Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns
Oh yeah, adding:
Hungarian Rhapsody 2 - Liszt (you know it I promise)
And why not
Symphony 9 (4th mvmt) - Beethoven
Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker) - Tchaikovsky
Voices of Spring - Strauss
Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet) - Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf - Prokofiev
Hungarian Dance 5 - Brahms
Lullaby - Brahms
Water Music Suite 2 (Alla Hornpipe) - Handel
Sonata 8 (Pathetique) - Beethoven
Bolero - Ravel
If none of you realize that Disney shorts and Looney Tunes taught you most of these, I’m gonna come for you and blare my CD of What’s Opera, Doc?