Classical Music/Very famous piece.

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I'm looking for a piece that almost everyone knows by heart, but nobody I've asked knows the name of.  It starts off G- DG- DGDGBD-, and then transposes up to A.  I know it so very well, but there's no google you can hum into.  I've been searching for hours, I've listened to dozens of lengthy classical pieces in hopes of finding it.  I'm sure you can identify it in a second, and I thank you immensely for any help you could provide.

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need to have a little more info

1.
what are the note values?  
or, relative durations; such as for G-  DG-  = = = is that
G for a while then D and G for a while & same value as first one?
suggest G G- G-- to show increasing durations

2.  
What are the relative positions?  Is the second G (the one after the D) higher or lower than the first one?

3.  
Is it orchestral? Vocal?  Solo instrument?  Choir?

4.  
Does it "sound like" a composer you can name - - or the type of composer (such as, sort of MOzart-ish or modern)?

I'll give it a crack, as always, but I need as much info as you can provide.

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