# What music was in this MASH episode?

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**Created:** [October 24, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-was-in-this-mash-episode/638742 "2012-10-24T17:29:39Z")\
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I saw this episode a couple of nights ago, and have been going a little crazy trying to figure out the music that was played in it. I used to know some of it but it has been a long time.

The episode is called Picture This, season 10 episode 20. Col. Potter wants to paint a portrait of six people in the unit. But they’re all fighting, largely because an annoyed Hawkeye moved out of the swamp, leaving Charles and BJ to get on each other’s nerves.

Charles plays a lot of records in that episode. Some Google searches suggest that he’s playing Motzart (sic) and Rossini. I really doubt that. To me it sounded like Mahler and Dvorak, both symphonies.

Any idea what it was?

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-was-in-this-mash-episode/638742/2 "2012-10-24T20:18:13Z")

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There was an episode where Charles played Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings”. Is that the one?

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-was-in-this-mash-episode/638742/3 "2012-10-25T15:18:33Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> There was an episode where Charles played Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings”. Is that the one?

Nope, different episode.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-was-in-this-mash-episode/638742/4 "2012-10-25T15:24:12Z")

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I got nothin’.

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**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-was-in-this-mash-episode/638742/5 "2012-10-27T04:37:18Z")

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The 2nd piece is Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet. The 1st also sounds like Tchaikovsky but I can’t place it.