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Plus Rossini, Dvorak, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Puccini... even Wagner's wedding march from Lohengrin is probably second only to Happy Birthday in terms of ubiquitous
by jancsika 5y ago
Plus Rossini, Dvorak, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Puccini... even Wagner's wedding march from Lohengrin is probably second only to Happy Birthday in terms of ubiquitous melodies.
And of course there's Schumann's Träumerei from Kinderszenen, a long lyrical melody which hulks out from the very beginning to break free from barline jail. Guess what Horowitz chose for his final encore when he returned to Russia after 50 years for a concert in Moscow in 1986? It wasn't "Back in the USSR." (Hee hee.)