# Help finding the title of a tune
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-the-title-of-a-tune/670762
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 9, 2013, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-the-title-of-a-tune/670762 "2013-10-09T09:42:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2013, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-the-title-of-a-tune/670762/1 "2013-10-09T09:42:13Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL4NktmLajw)
@4:08 before Can Can
I’ve heard this tune so many times before but I don’t know what the title is.
Any idea? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-the-title-of-a-tune/670762/2 "2013-10-09T10:31:25Z")
Entrance Of The Gladiators - Julius Fucik
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0)
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> In 1910 Canadian composer Louis-Philippe Laurendeau arranged “Entrance of the Gladiators” for a small band under the title “Thunder and Blazes”, and sold this version throughout North America. It was during this period that the song gained lasting popularity as a screamer march[1] for circuses, often used to introduce clowns. Today it is known mainly by this association, even though the title and composer are relatively obscure.
> **[Entrance of the Gladiators](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_of_the_Gladiators)**
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> "Entrance of the Gladiators" op. 68 or "Entry of the Gladiators" (Czech: Vjezd gladiátorů) (German: Einzug der Gladiatoren) is a military march composed in 1897 by the Czech-born Austrian composer Julius Fučík. He originally titled it "Grande Marche Chromatique", reflecting the use of chromatic scales throughout the piece, but changed the title based on his personal interest in the Roman Empire. The march is subtitled "Triumph-Marsch".
> Generally, the march is divided into three parts. The first ...
eta: bah, just realize you were asking about the song that starts later… back to research mode.
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### Author:  [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-the-title-of-a-tune/670762/3 "2013-10-09T10:52:42Z")
No luck…
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-the-title-of-a-tune/670762/4 "2013-10-09T11:30:06Z")
I’ll move this to Cafe Society (from GQ), which is a better home for these threads. Maybe someone there will know.
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-the-title-of-a-tune/670762/5 "2013-10-09T13:16:11Z")
Mozart, _Eine Kleine Nachtmusik_, fourth movement.
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### Author:  [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-the-title-of-a-tune/670762/6 "2013-10-09T16:10:57Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> Entrance Of The Gladiators - Julius Fucik
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> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_B0CyOAO8y0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0)
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> [Entrance of the Gladiators - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrance_of_the_Gladiators)
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> eta: bah, just realize you were asking about the song that starts later… back to research mode.
Thanks for the effort. 🙂
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> Mozart, _Eine Kleine Nachtmusik_, fourth movement.
That’s it! Thanks! I remember now where I first heard this. It was during the silent reading program at school. Thank you.