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   I have a dvd of an A&E Biography on Michelangelo. The music on the DVD is beautiful but it does not identify the music used in the score. I have posted a link below ( a large link) that will take you to audible.com. website. There you can listen to the audio from the biography. There is some voiceover, but the music can clearly be heard. I'm particularly interested in the piece immediately upon pressing the play button. Can you id the music in this program? Thank you so much for your time. You can copy and paste the link below into your browser and it should take you to the audio. Again, thank you for your time.

http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@136...

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It is just a descending scale under which appropriate chords have been placed.  I am not sure it's a stand-alone piece, but rather something written by and A&E composer.  I suggest you contact A&E customer service & ask.  Another Expert here might recognize it as something specific.

Here are my best guesses, assuming this is part of an actual piece.

It's not:  Palestrina, Byrd, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, Dvorak,
Rachmaninov, Joplin, L. Bernstein, Gershwin
Could be:  Schubert, Mendelssohn
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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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