# Music so beautiful it makes you cry **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946 "2018-05-10T22:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/61 "2018-05-16T04:12:56Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > ‘Little Wing’ by Jimi Hendrix. > > Every time I listen to that it makes me so sad he died so young. There are over 35 covers of that song. My favorite is from The Corrs, off their Live from Dublin album. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYDNcfFn-gw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYDNcfFn-gw) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/62 "2018-05-16T05:27:27Z")
[There Will Be Rest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC2vYfVUNTI) - Frank Ticheli ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/63 "2018-05-16T05:50:42Z")
Also [Carúl Inis Córthaidh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNU51u2ZqUk) This version is a bit mashed up with the anglicized “Wexford Carol.” The Irish lyrics are quite different, a hymn of gratitude to Mary for all she suffered to bring the gift of “Mac Muirra Og” Mary’s little son. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/64 "2018-05-16T11:54:54Z")
**Solace** by Scott Joplin. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/65 "2018-05-16T11:56:40Z")
[A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUdoxvigIl8) [ton](https://youtu.be/uUdoxvigIl8?t=1608) [of](https://youtu.be/uUdoxvigIl8?t=2601) (the passage at 45:09-45:30) [piano](https://youtu.be/uUdoxvigIl8?t=4128) [works](https://youtu.be/uUdoxvigIl8?t=6558) [by](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwxVY-OjNqk)[Frédéric](https://youtu.be/sjQQfsp8hsE?t=247) [Chopin](https://youtu.be/sjQQfsp8hsE?t=1156). [Brahms](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ZmPwq3JKU), [too](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iF4Rn2b4T8) (especially the “B” section that starts at 2:00). [Schubert](https://youtu.be/EKmy1CnaKQg?t=692). ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/66 "2018-05-16T16:10:13Z")
_[Jupiter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo)_ from Holst’s planets suite. That mid section that gets all slow and swelling… so beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/67 "2018-05-17T13:21:06Z")
_I Made It Thought the Rain_ as sung by Barry Manilow. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/68 "2018-05-17T17:12:27Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > _I Made It Thought the Rain_ as sung by Barry Manilow. Is that ““I made it!” thought the rain” or “I Made it Through the Rain” ? ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/69 "2018-05-17T19:56:13Z")
Where to start. The famous duet from Bizet’s Pearl Fishers, Monteverdi’s Combattimento di Tancredo e Clorinda (heartbreaking), the Mad Song from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, the final duet from Bellini’s Norma. I could go on for ages. Nothing has more power to stir the emotions than opera. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/70 "2018-05-17T22:32:05Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > [Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MHeNt6Yjs) This song was played, inexplicably, during the reception after my older niece got married. I always thought it would have made more sense if played at a funeral. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/71 "2018-05-18T06:56:33Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Where to start. The famous duet from Bizet’s Pearl Fishers, Monteverdi’s Combattimento di Tancredo e Clorinda (heartbreaking), the Mad Song from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, the final duet from Bellini’s Norma. I could go on for ages. Nothing has more power to stir the emotions than opera. Check this out! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQcPZFbnwE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQcPZFbnwE) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/72 "2018-05-22T16:52:37Z")
**I’m Not Going To Miss You** , Glen Campbell ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/73 "2018-05-22T18:19:17Z")
Here is a odd selection: [https://www.fascinately.com/feel-good/2016/03/peter-hollens-and-tim-foust-perform-misty-mountains-from-the-hobbit/](https://www.fascinately.com/feel-good/2016/03/peter-hollens-and-tim-foust-perform-misty-mountains-from-the-hobbit/) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946/74 "2018-05-22T18:27:31Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Israel Kamakawiwo’ole singing a mashup of [‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ & ‘What A Wonderful World’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26BvHOD_sg) > > My go-to happy song and yeah, gets me misty-eyed sometimes. Very nice, yes, that could cheer one up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946.md?page=3)