# What Is This Classical Music? (Erik Cigar Commercial)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-erik-cigar-commercial/597716>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 26, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-erik-cigar-commercial/597716 "2011-09-26T23:16:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-erik-cigar-commercial/597716/1 "2011-09-26T23:16:32Z")

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Always wondered wht this piece was…anybody know?

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/InMXhrgmnoE/hqdefault.jpg "Erik Cigars TV Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InMXhrgmnoE)

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-erik-cigar-commercial/597716/2 "2011-09-27T03:23:26Z")

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I’ve never heard that music. I suspect it was composed for the commercial.

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-erik-cigar-commercial/597716/3 "2011-09-27T04:25:40Z")

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Natural, menthol, or

Cherry?!?!?!?! :smack:

My stomach churns just thinking about how that must have smelled.

I agree, that’s generic choral music someone composed for the commercial.  
Roddy