# Classical Music ID? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927 "2020-06-02T14:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/1 "2020-06-02T14:53:20Z")
I don’t know if it is possible, but perhaps the SD can try to ID a popular classical piece by its use? It appears in many cartoons when there is a domestic scene, like Bugs Bunny doing housework or laundry. Or, it may be a cartoon character caring for a baby (like, as an example, Sylvester the Cat dressed up as a baby to fool Granny to get at Tweety yelling “Baby wants pretty birdie!”). Again, these are just examples where this music MIGHT be played in the background, but I am not saying it DEFINITELY is. One more clue: It is totally a piano piece, no other instrument. Any guesses? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/2 "2020-06-02T15:24:22Z")
It’s not [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPwNbEySjG4), is it? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/3 "2020-06-02T15:54:18Z")
Or [Brahms’ Lullaby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXcGORjWte8)? Particularly since you mentioned the music appearing during a scene with a baby. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/4 "2020-06-02T16:18:43Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > It appears in many cartoons when there is a domestic scene I don’t suppose you have a specific example you could link to? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/5 "2020-06-02T16:58:03Z")
\*\*This **is the first piece I thought of: \*\* Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qjk-YRuQZDE/maxresdefault.jpg "Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K.545 (1st Mvt)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjk-YRuQZDE) ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/6 "2020-06-02T19:25:14Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > \*\*This **is the first piece I thought of: > \*\* > Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major** > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjk-YRuQZDE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjk-YRuQZDE) This was my thought too. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/7 "2020-06-04T05:44:06Z")
Either Beethoven’s [Moonlight Sonata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbTVZMJ9Z2I)or [Für Elise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfF0zHeU3Zs) If not, try watching [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCx8Xcm9l7U)and see if you can find the piece. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/8 "2020-06-04T16:42:09Z")
Domestic scenes often featured [A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich and You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou2VAZy_6BY) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/9 "2020-06-04T18:04:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s not [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPwNbEySjG4), is it? Don’t know if that’s the one the OP is looking for, but it should be. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/10 "2020-06-04T19:24:12Z")
I must say, I vastly prefer\*\* this one:\*\* [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fMWmLoiaCcA/hqdefault.jpg "Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee [Song by Irving Berlin] 1932") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMWmLoiaCcA) ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/11 "2020-06-04T20:42:04Z")
The song I remember from the scenes you describe is [Sir Henry Bishop’s Home Sweet Home](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjjfF1Wn-s). ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/12 "2020-06-05T11:17:44Z")
Two more possibilities, the second of which was in Peter Morris’s last link: Luigi Boccherini: Minuet from String Quintet in E major, Op.11, No. 5; arranged for piano Mozart’s piano sonata K331, third movement (Rondo alla Turca) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A_THdzBnHy0/maxresdefault.jpg "Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca (Marnie Laird, piano)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_THdzBnHy0) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/854927/13 "2020-06-05T20:18:48Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > The song I remember from the scenes you describe is [Sir Henry Bishop’s Home Sweet Home](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjjfF1Wn-s). Isn’t that normally played on a shmalzy violin? :dubious: 😕