# Powerfull Moody classical, Think "O\` Fortuna"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerfull-moody-classical-think-o-fortuna/93054>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 13, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerfull-moody-classical-think-o-fortuna/93054 "2001-11-13T03:18:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerfull-moody-classical-think-o-fortuna/93054/21 "2001-11-18T03:44:00Z")

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Someone already mentioned holst. I would add Jupiter “the bringer of jolly”. From elgar Pomp and circunstance, and as an argentinian Ginastera’s malambo from his ballet “estancias”

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerfull-moody-classical-think-o-fortuna/93054/22 "2001-11-18T04:27:38Z")

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Stravinsky’s _Firebird_ has already been mentioned; I’d like to add that _The Rite of Spring_ also nicely fills the bill – if causing a riot isn’t powerful enough for ya, I don’t know what is. 😃

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**Author:** ![tarnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tarnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarnik)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerfull-moody-classical-think-o-fortuna/93054/23 "2001-11-18T05:22:43Z")

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R. Vaughn Williams’ Folk Song Suite, especially movements 1 & 2. 3 is more triumphant/celebratory.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerfull-moody-classical-think-o-fortuna/93054/24 "2001-11-18T05:59:26Z")

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Oooh, now that I think about it, there’s _got_ to be something by Stockhausen which’ll fit the bill. Anybody got any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerfull-moody-classical-think-o-fortuna/93054/25 "2001-11-18T06:58:29Z")

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_Danse Macabre_ by Camile Saint-Saens is dark and foreboding, and I’m sure you’d recognize it. Also, from Saint-Saens, try his Symphony #3 in C-minor (“Organ Symphony”). Especially the final movement. The rendition I listen to most often just blows me away, especially when the organist (Virgil Fox) really lets go.

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**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerfull-moody-classical-think-o-fortuna/93054/26 "2001-11-18T21:20:13Z")

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Also by Holst his military suites (number 1 and number 2) Form Sylvia (by leo delibes) procession of baco (I don’t know the name in english but is the roman god of wine). Procession of Sardar of the caucasus sketches by Ippolitov-ivanov.

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