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Expert: Pat G - 9/18/2009


Question
I recently saw a commercial for the new 2009 season of House. The commercial starts out with  classical song that morphs into something more modern that I absolutely loved and I was hoping you could identify the song?

Here's the link for the commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCxpRKwZuIk&feature=channel

Thank you!

Answer
Hi, Danielle,

That one was easy! LOL The information is in the info on the right, under GregHouseRules.

It's the prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1. By the way, that piece has been arranged for classical guitar, and it is equally gorgeous played that way. One of our sons was playing it.

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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.

Experience

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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