# Opening music in Amadeus

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**Created:** [March 23, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-music-in-amadeus/349593 "2006-03-23T15:03:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-music-in-amadeus/349593/1 "2006-03-23T15:03:01Z")

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What Mozart piece is played in the opening scene of Amadeus?

We see an insane asylum,as I remember, and Salieri, an  
inmate who’s crazy as a bed bug calls out “Mozart! Mozart!”

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**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-music-in-amadeus/349593/2 "2006-03-23T15:15:57Z")

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the first movement of Symphony 25. I’m not enough of a classical music nerd to tell you the K# off the top of my head.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-music-in-amadeus/349593/3 "2006-03-23T16:35:28Z")

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> [@fusoya](#):
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> the first movement of Symphony 25. I’m not enough of a classical music nerd to tell you the K# off the top of my head.

Thanks so much, **fusoya**!!! How could you know this  
and not be a classical nerd! 🙂🙂

I just found the CD at home and am playing it now on  
my computer. (The K# is 183, which I wouldn’t ordinarily  
know either but it’s documented in my Dell Jukebox.)

I used to have the Amadeus video but lent it out to  
someone and it never came back. Not a total loss, though.  
It’s at the top of my Netflix queue.

Thanks again.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-music-in-amadeus/349593/4 "2006-03-23T16:36:04Z")

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> [@fusoya](#):
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> the first movement of Symphony 25. I’m not enough of a classical music nerd to tell you the K# off the top of my head.

Thanks so much, **fusoya**!!! How could you know this  
and not be a classical nerd! 🙂🙂

I just found the CD at home and am playing it now on  
my computer. (The K# is 183, which I wouldn’t ordinarily  
know either but it’s documented in my Dell Jukebox.)

I used to have the Amadeus video but lent it out to  
someone and it never came back. Not a total loss, though.  
The DVD is at the top of my Netflix queue.

Thanks again.

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-music-in-amadeus/349593/5 "2006-03-23T16:49:12Z")

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:smack: Damn, I was _sure_ this was gonna be a tech question about .mp3s or something. I was just _sure._