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AspenRose

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Sun May-30-04 07:55 PM
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60 Minutes tribute

Attention Classical Music Fans!

If you saw the 60 Minutes Memorial Day Tribute to our fallen soldiers, could you please identify the piece that was playing in the background.

Everytime I hear it, I get goosebumps.

Much obliged!

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AspenRose

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Sun May-30-04 07:59 PM
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1. *sigh* never mind, found it on another thread

Adagio for Strings, op. 11
by
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings amply demonstrates two principles: Some of the greatest ideas are essentially quite simple, and not everything popular is junk.

He originally wrote it as the second movement of a string quartet in 1936, but within two years arranged it for string orchestra. In this form, it became not only his most popular work, but also an unofficial American anthem of mourning, played after the deaths of Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy....

This thread can now officially die....

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rusty charly

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Sun May-30-04 08:01 PM
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2. Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11 (1936)

http://www.fuguemasters.com/barber.html

we have oliver stone to thank for this. with 'platoon' he has connected this music to war. for me at least.

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JohnKleeb

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Sun May-30-04 10:27 PM
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3. thanks that was a pretty tune

I cried.

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