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What's a piece of classical music that everyone knows but most people don't know they know? (lemm.ee)

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[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 25 points 9 months ago

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."

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

[-] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

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

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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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