# Can someone identify this (classical) piece?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-identify-this-classical-piece/90369>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 29, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-identify-this-classical-piece/90369 "2001-10-29T21:05:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TlighT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TlighT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TlighT)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-identify-this-classical-piece/90369/1 "2001-10-29T21:05:02Z")

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Last week I heared a some music which sounded rather familiar, but I don’t know which piece it’s from. So I made a (rather quick 'n dirty) midi file of it. Can someone identify it, please? Thanks.

[Here](http://www.wakeupthe.net/x.mid) is the midi file.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-identify-this-classical-piece/90369/2 "2001-10-29T21:43:57Z")

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It’s definitely Rossini. My hunch is it’s from “The Thieving Magpie.”

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**Author:** ![TlighT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@TlighT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TlighT)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-identify-this-classical-piece/90369/3 "2001-10-29T22:08:10Z")

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You were right…

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-identify-this-classical-piece/90369/4 "2001-10-30T02:05:17Z")

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Wow, this should be a lesson to everyone. Have a well prepared question and you get a quick and accurate response. **TlighT** ’s soundclip is so much better than “It sounds like dum DUM DUM de dum.”