# Identify the tunes in this medley of classical music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771 "2017-06-12T13:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/1 "2017-06-12T13:21:33Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DCJp36fVyRo/maxresdefault.jpg "Another Classical Music Medley on Diatonic Harmonica") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCJp36fVyRo) I think I recognise a couple of them. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. The WIll Tell Overture. ---
**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 12, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/2 "2017-06-12T13:40:07Z")
Played very badly. It was painful to listen to. [William Tell overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xcDl_YD8Q) [Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbfa86bTD34) [Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OgZCCoXWc) [Orpheus in the Underworld](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hs7vW8SV0&t=7m30s), aka can-can. [William Tell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrvGcCK0o_o) Cavalry charge I think that’s all, but they are played so badly that it’s hard to identify them. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/3 "2017-06-13T20:09:10Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Played very badly. It was painful to listen to. Other than the blessed relief of the moment wherein the harmonica failed, of course. > [@](#): > > [William Tell overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xcDl_YD8Q) > [Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbfa86bTD34) > [Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OgZCCoXWc) > [Orpheus in the Underworld](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hs7vW8SV0&t=7m30s), aka can-can. > [William Tell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrvGcCK0o_o) Cavalry charge > > I think that’s all, but they are played so badly that it’s hard to identify them. Very good, that seems to be about right. I was recognising the wrong bit as the William Tell Overture, apparently. ---
**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 13, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/4 "2017-06-13T20:23:30Z")
No, the medley contains two sections from William Tell. I’m sure you identified one of them correctly. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/5 "2017-06-13T20:45:24Z")
_shrug_ It’s amateury, but it’s not that bad for a diatonic harp. I mean, what do you guys this of [this interpretation](https://youtu.be/onyh9cOYdik?t=42) of Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, from one of the foremost players of the diatonic harp? Obviously, it’s tons better than the OP video, but I’m wondering if some people would also express distaste at that due to the harmonica’s timbre. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/6 "2017-06-13T21:22:18Z")
[quote=“blindboyard, post:1, topic:788771”] [/QUOTE] How did you manage to listen to it? It’s actually painful. I lasted less than 20 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/7 "2017-06-13T22:05:11Z")
That “medley” should be aimed at North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/8 "2017-06-14T18:38:46Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > _shrug_ It’s amateury, but it’s not that bad for a diatonic harp. I mean, what do you guys this of [this interpretation](https://youtu.be/onyh9cOYdik?t=42) of Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, from one of the foremost players of the diatonic harp? Obviously, it’s tons better than the OP video, but I’m wondering if some people would also express distaste at that due to the harmonica’s timbre. Or [Buddy Green](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoauBe465qQ) at Carnegie Hall. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771/9 "2017-06-15T01:34:11Z")
The nice room effects already fix any timbre problems. The problem I have is simply the mistakes.