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Expert: Pat G - 10/1/2009


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Hello,

I've recently saw a movie called "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" and in the end of the movie there was a music called "Requiem" (written by Joe Hisaishi). The first 10 seconds of it reminded me of a famous classical music that I once heard, (maybe in another movie) but I can't remember what it was.

Can you identify what's the name of that famous music/overture that resembles those 10 seconds from the beginning of Requiem by Joe Hisaishi?

You can listen to the Requiem from Nausicaa here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lRLO36vX_c
(Don't forget, it's only the first 10 seconds. I know how to whistle few of the tunes that should be after those 10 seconds but I can't upload them)

Thanks in advance
S.

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Shalom aleichem.

I recognize it, but I can't place it. If you ask a followup question, I can put it into the question pool for you. Sorry I can't be of more help.

I got your followup comment and sent it to the question pool. We'll see if anyone else will respond.

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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

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I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

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I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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