# Identify this choral piece?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 4, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-choral-piece/682845 "2014-03-04T18:35:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-choral-piece/682845/1 "2014-03-04T18:35:54Z")

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About halfway through this inspirational video:

[http://www.wimp.com/lifemarathon/](http://www.wimp.com/lifemarathon/)

…the soundtrack breaks into a choral piece. It sounds familiar, very familiar, but I can’t put my finger on it. Gilbert & Sullivan, maybe?

Can anyone out there tell me what it is?

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-choral-piece/682845/2 "2014-03-04T18:56:08Z")

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Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Miserables.

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-choral-piece/682845/3 "2014-03-05T01:59:56Z")

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That’s the one they wrote right after _HMS Pinafore_, right?

But seriously, thank you!