Super duper easy question about a Barry Manilow song.

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Is Could Be Magic based on a classical piece of music?

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Yes

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Thank you. Now I must find that to add to my collection of Top 40 classical hit that I like.

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There’s an “s” missing here and I’ll be switched if I can figure out from which end.

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Just to continue the conversation, Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself” (which was later horrendously covered by Celine Dion) is based on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18.

Also, Billy Joel’s “This Night”, from the Innocent Man album, is based on Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Opus 13 (“Pathetique”).

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Niiiiice…

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I always thought Weekend in New England has a Tchkosfy (too lazy to look up the correct spelling) Piano Concerto feel. (especially at the end).

That’s the piano concerto in the Monty Python where an escape artist escapes from a locked bag while playing it.