# what is this piano piece in "Kings" (US tv show) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537 "2009-03-24T01:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drhess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/1 "2009-03-24T01:12:02Z")
As butterlies make a crown on David’s head, what is this tune? [http://www.hulu.com/watch/62485/kings-the-butterfly-crown](http://www.hulu.com/watch/62485/kings-the-butterfly-crown) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/2 "2009-03-24T02:11:40Z")
“Un Sospiro” by Franz Liszt ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/3 "2009-03-24T02:17:10Z")
Obligatory “59 Minutes! Dang I love the SDMB!” post. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/4 "2009-03-24T02:29:03Z")
I’m kinda proud of myself for not saying it was a secret chord that David played to please the Lord. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/5 "2009-03-24T02:53:56Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > “Un Sospiro” by Franz Liszt What was David playing on the piano that was made the year Liszt wrote it? Franz Liszt was the father in law of Wilhelm Richard Wagner, World’s Greatest Composer. But I digress. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/6 "2009-03-24T02:58:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What was David playing on the piano that was made the year Liszt wrote it? The same piece. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/7 "2009-03-24T03:25:00Z")
I wonder if there will be a featured piano piece in every episode. Liszt, then Beethoven. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/8 "2009-03-24T12:06:02Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I wonder if there will be a featured piano piece in every episode. Liszt, then Beethoven. Then Billy Joel! –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/9 "2009-03-24T14:14:58Z")
And by the way, “un sospiro” means “a sigh” in Italian, and the piece is also known as Liszt’s Concert Étude #3. And if they’re going to use existing music, I wish they’d use the whole thing, rather than butchering it. ---
**Author:** ![drhess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537/10 "2009-03-24T22:53:56Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Obligatory “59 Minutes! Dang I love the SDMB!” post. 🙂 What?