# Please help me identify this piece of classical music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398 "2017-10-20T22:43:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/1 "2017-10-20T22:43:34Z")
I believe it’s late 19th century, possibly a work by Tchaikovsky. One part sounds remarkably like the theme song of a \*\*\*Peanuts \*\*\*special, the one that goes \*You’re in love, Charlie Brown! You’re in love, Charlie Brown! You’ll have your day, she’ll come your way! You’re in love … Charlie Brown! \* The classical piece is very gentle, and slows gradually toward the end. Any guesses? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/2 "2017-10-20T23:09:11Z")
[Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2jKeYuPvjM)? Check out 7:56, 9:10 and 9:58. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/3 "2017-10-20T23:59:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2jKeYuPvjM)? Check out 7:56, 9:10 and 9:58. Nope. That’s the “Our Love” featured on the same _ **Hooked on Classics** _ album as the “Polo_vet_sian Dance No. 2” by Borodin. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/4 "2017-10-21T00:09:08Z")
Here is the relevant \*\*\*Peanuts \*\*\*theme; the melody starts at 14 seconds in. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8yS0BdXbXhw/maxresdefault.jpg "You're In Love, Charlie Brown - George Winston") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yS0BdXbXhw) ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/5 "2017-10-21T00:51:33Z")
It’s not classical. It was composed by Vince Guaraldi. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/6 "2017-10-21T08:48:37Z")
- > [@](#): > > “I’m sure you recognize this lovely melody as ‘Stranger in Paradise.’ But did you know that the original theme was from the Polovtsian Dance No. 2 by Borodin?” * * * 😛 * * * ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/7 "2017-10-21T13:18:51Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > It’s not classical. It was composed by Vince Guaraldi. I assume you’re being facetious here. The piece I want identified merely sounds like Guaraldi’s in one place. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/8 "2017-10-21T13:21:07Z")
> [@jerez](#): > > * * * > > 😛 > > * * * Williams actually said “Polo_vet_sian,” though I heard on my local classical music station the other day that this is an acceptable variant. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/9 "2017-10-22T14:59:52Z")
The only thing it reminds me of is [All Blues](https://youtu.be/JIfdYs8WErM) by Miles Davis which of course isn’t classical, but is classic. Or, going way out on a limb, it vaguely hints at, at least in my mind, [Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis](https://youtu.be/ihx5LCF1yJY)by Vaughn Williams. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398/10 "2017-10-22T16:38:24Z")
It sounded a bit Cuban to me, like “Guantanamera”. Also reminded me a bit of Fauré’s _Berceuse_ from the _Dolly Suite_.