Hi, I’m looking for a song title/ composer, and I know this is totally weak but I have very few clues to go by. None of the clues involve words in the song title, or any portion of the composer’s name. So that’s where the trouble starts, but it’s really driving me nuts that I can’t think of it, so here goes:
The song is ridiculously common, everyone in the world would get it stuck in their head if you started humming it.
It is associated strongly with Christmas, and every year it is used as the theme of a Christmas movie preview.
It begins slowly and repeats over and over, getting faster and louder with each repetition.
It is a classical piece.
Please help me. I have it stuck in my head and I don’t know what it is…
Is it the one that sounds vaguely like bells? Something like “ding dinga ding” except it’s an actual lyric? If so, I know the one you mean, but I suck because I don’t know the name of it
It’s not the carol of the bells, though that does fit the bill as far as the clues goes (If only I could hum over the net… ) But the carol of the bells is one of my all time favorites too…
Good guess, but that’s not it either It’s a fast paced piece, usually used for Christmas comedies, like the Grinch or whatnot where it demonstrates rapid building to some chaotic point.
I had forgotten about the canon in d though, thanks!!
Nope… this one is a little more common, it’s up there with the dance of the sugar plum fairies. It drives me nuts because I know I should know it or be able to find it somewhere, but I can’t nail it down…
Probably not Chrismassy in and of itself, but it is a very common theme for Christmas previews… Which I know is a bad way to find classical music… but thanks! Now I can listen to the whole thing.
But the carol of the bells is one of my all time favorites too…