# Help IDing a bit of music?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 30, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-bit-of-music/447442 "2008-04-30T05:18:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-bit-of-music/447442/1 "2008-04-30T05:18:48Z")

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Can any one help me identify the composer of this piano (?) music? Starts at 19:10.

[https://www.oah.org/podcasts/talking-history-archives/?it=shows/2005/JohnBrown.mp3](https://www.oah.org/podcasts/talking-history-archives/?it=shows/2005/JohnBrown.mp3)

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-bit-of-music/447442/2 "2008-04-30T05:25:26Z")

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Mozart? It is very familiar.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-bit-of-music/447442/3 "2008-04-30T05:29:52Z")

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Almost I want to say it is one of his variations on one of Bach’s works, as well.