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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:15 PM
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Classical Music Question
you know when you see a sunrise in a cartoon, often there are birds chirping and then soft classical piece plays?

similar to what is in the Pella Window commercial where the guy slams the window shut to drowned OUT that chirping & music?

its very soft classical.

my wife is looking for it to incorporate into a slide presentation for work.

any ideas where i might find at least a piece of it in an mp3 or wav. file?

i'm stumped
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:16 PM
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1. It's Grieg, from the Peer Gynt suite
I believe it is called simply "Morning".
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:24 PM
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9. YOU WERE CORRECT!!
and wanted to make sure you got the credit for being first. :D

DUers simply ROCK! :hi:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:17 PM
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2. Debussy
Afternoon of a Fawn is what they usually play.

I'm sure it's out on the P2P networks.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:17 PM
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3. nevermind on edit
Edited on Mon Jun-14-04 06:18 PM by nothingshocksmeanymo
JP knows.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:18 PM
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5. i checked all our Vivaldi. not there but close
that was my first thought too
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:20 PM
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7. Here, tell me if this is it?
Edited on Mon Jun-14-04 06:23 PM by jpgray
Because then I am right, and I can do my "I knew something" dance. Click on the preview for the second track.

edit: nevermind, hold on.

OK, here we go:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002A21/qid=1087255374/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1327926-0243316?v=glance&s=classical

Preview the first track "Morning Mood".
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:18 PM
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4. Indeed, "Morning" from Peer Gynt
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:20 PM
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6. Here's a midi file, is this the tune?
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:22 PM
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8. THAT'S IT!!!! YOU ROCK!!!
Mrs Matcom THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!

GawdDAMN DUers are the SHIT!

:hi:
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:25 PM
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10. No respect, no respect at all
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:26 PM
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11. ah, but there IS respect
look at my response to YOUR post

and THANK YOU!!!! :D
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:28 PM
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12. Just kidding around. I half-forgot the title anyway. :-)
And how often does a picture of Rodney Dangerfield show up? My answer would be, not often enough.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 06:31 PM
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13. LMAO
great point!

i'm telling you though. you can ask DUers ANY question and SOMEBODY will know the answer!

i have done this on MANY occasions and it never ceases to amaze me. i don't know why i bother to fumble around Google AT ALL!

:bounce:
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are_we_united_yet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 08:53 PM
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15. The Bizz-omb!
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 08:25 PM
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14. Believe it or not, it's the intro to William Tell Overture.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 09:22 PM
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17. You're on the right track, sort of.
Edited on Mon Jun-14-04 09:24 PM by stopbush
In the past, cartoons and commercials seemed to default to the 6/8 section of Rossini's William Tell Overture to depict "morning" sequences (it features extended solo work for the English horn and the flute). However, it's not an "intro" to the overture. Rather, it's the third section of an overture that breaks into 4 large segments. This idyllic section follows the "storm" section and leads directly into the "Lone Ranger" part of the overture.

But nowadays, the "Morning" section of Grieg's Peer Gynt has become the default piece of classical "sunrise" music for the commercial world. When people hear it, they instantly imagine the towering fjords of Grieg's native Norway. They're then shocked to learn that the music, in fact, depicts Peer Gynt awakening in Arabia!
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-04 08:28 AM
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18. I have conducted the William Tell on a number of occasions.
When I was a kid, all of the Elmer FUD morning scenes used the Rossini.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-14-04 09:17 PM
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16. Two different pieces
The one with the birds chirping is the opening of the William Tell Overture, the piece of classical music most quoted by cartoons. Listen for the storm music and the Lone Ranger music as well.

The one with the full orchestra swooping lines is "Morning" from the Peer Gynt Suite.
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