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Hi Marbeth,
     I hope that you can help me a great deal in identifying, what I think sounds like a beautiful piece. Here is the web link: http://www.dmx.com/samples This should take you directly to the page that the track is on. Once you get there just click on the play icon directly to the right of the words "light classical" and the track that the piece is on should start playing. This track has samples of about 10 classical pieces on it. In all truthfulness I like them all but the one that I'm most interested in is piece No. 5. It is the one that sounds like it has just horns and strings playing. I would like to know the name of the piece and its composer too. Also, if you are able to identify some of the other pieces on the track I would appreciate that as well.
I thank you in advance for all of your help.


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wellllll.........

There's some Handel on there; probably a concerto gross; think also some Bach but probably Telemann; maybe some Vivaldi; the piece you're interested in (I hope I have listened to the correct one....) is probably an overture to a "light opera" by Johann Strauss....

maybe this helps some???
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I have a PhD in musicology, with expertise in medieval - Renaissance - Baroque - Classical periods, but I'll try to help you with any period.

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