# Not much to go on....(classical music) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2001, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181 "2001-05-12T06:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thirsty\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Thirsty\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty_Mind)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/1 "2001-05-12T06:49:02Z")
If you Dopers can get this I’ll (thinks and decides not to make the ante too high) be very impressed. There is a piece of classical music I’ve been looking for and I don’t know how to go about it. It does have vocals but I don’t think it is operatic. I think it was used in E/A commercials and is used in many other commercials. About the best way I can describe it is that it probably has the best climax of all classical music. Is there a top 20 classic site that has wavs? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/2 "2001-05-12T07:00:10Z")
Well, if you want a piece with a great climax, try Samuel Barber’s “Adagio For Strings”. But, this is probably not what you are looking for, as it has no vocals… E/A commercials…? Help me out and unabbreviate the E/A? Not sure what this stands for. Anything else you can tell me about the piece? Are the vocals words? I presume not in English (else you could quote lyrics) – do they sound like any particular language? ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/3 "2001-05-12T09:38:13Z")
Could it be Carmina Burana by Carl Orff? It has choir vocals and is used in commercials a lot. I don’t know how to describe it, but if you search on the web you will find a lot of sites about it. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/4 "2001-05-12T13:39:07Z")
Sorry, I can’t help with the piece, but if the OP is _very_ persistant, the following midi archives may help: [Classical Music Archive](http://www.prs.net/midi.html) [Classical Midi Connection](http://midiworld.com/cmc/index.htm) You can also try [Adcritic](http://www.adcritic.com) to see if they have the commercial archived. If they do, they usually provide links to the music in question. Finally, let me second **dlgirl**. Carmina Burana is probably the most overused piece of music in advertising today. Hodge ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/5 "2001-05-12T17:48:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thirsty Mind \* > \*\*I think it was used in E/A commercials and is used in many other commercials. \*\* Was it also used in the Guinness train ad? If so, it’s the Carmina Burana. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/6 "2001-05-12T17:52:03Z")
If you’re not familiar with the Guinness train ad, you can view it [at their site](http://usa.guinness.com/advertising1.asp). It’s the one on the left. ---
**Author:** ![Thirsty\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Thirsty\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty_Mind)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/7 "2001-05-12T18:56:11Z")
Shucks you dopers are good. It is Carmina Burana piece. Even posting it to the wrong board didn’t slow you down at all. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/8 "2001-05-12T22:46:04Z")
It doesn’t matter anymore, but I believe the EA in question was the computer game company Electronic Arts. ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/9 "2001-05-13T05:11:08Z")
THIRSTY MIND----- Welcome to the CARMINA BURANA club. I play FORTUNA IMPERATIX MUNDI almost DAILY. (go to NAPSTER) I, like you, heard it for YEARS before I was able to find out the name of it. Then I go to buy it, thinking it’s some OBSCURE thing, and it’s got it’s OWN TAB and 10 versions of it. Had a good laugh at myself. ENJOY. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-much-to-go-on-classical-music/65181/10 "2001-05-13T15:37:16Z")
**Monstre** if you ever get tired of the Adagio try [Symphony No. 3 by Henryk Gorecki\*\* (there should be a ’ over that letter o) It is like the adagio on stroids and acid at the same time. I highly recomend it.