# What Is This Classical Music Piece In This Commercial?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [January 31, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-piece-in-this-commercial/931937 "2021-01-31T19:28:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-piece-in-this-commercial/931937/1 "2021-01-31T19:28:40Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwzwW-N_xCE)

Sounds like Mozart.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-piece-in-this-commercial/931937/2 "2021-01-31T19:49:36Z")

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Indeed, it is from the opera “The Marriage of Figaro” - Overture.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mp6UAGN_Ir4/maxresdefault.jpg "Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro Overture (K.492) - Wiener Symphoniker - Fabio Luisi (HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp6UAGN_Ir4)

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-piece-in-this-commercial/931937/3 "2021-01-31T21:37:56Z")

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Advertising companies sure do love music that’s in the popular domain!

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-piece-in-this-commercial/931937/4 "2021-02-03T01:38:50Z")

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Are we sure it isn’t [Rachmaninoff](https://youtu.be/5g4r-FbGivk?t=11)?

😉