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*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OmQPukGsBA Bacce bene venies] as well. ''Istud vinum bonum vinum vinum generosum... Redit vinum curialem probum animosum!'' |
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OmQPukGsBA Bacce bene venies] as well. ''Istud vinum bonum vinum vinum generosum... Redit vinum curialem probum animosum!'' |
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*** Also ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvI9R16I6SU&feature=related Tempus est iocundum]'', which might just be the happiest song ever written. |
*** Also ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvI9R16I6SU&feature=related Tempus est iocundum]'', which might just be the happiest song ever written. |
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{{quote|''O, o, o, |
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Totus floreo! |
Totus floreo! |
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Iam amore virginali totus ardeo! |
Iam amore virginali totus ardeo! |
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Novus, novus, novus amor est |
Novus, novus, novus amor est |
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Quo pereo, quo pereo, quo pereo!'' }} |
Quo pereo, quo pereo, quo pereo!'' }} |
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** Orff's "Carmina Burana" is just full of epicness. There is no way to deny that fact. |
** Orff's "Carmina Burana" is just full of epicness. There is no way to deny that fact. |
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* ''[[La Boheme]]'', by Giacomo Puccini. All. Of. It. But ESPECIALLY [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UtIy5VEz0 "O soave fanciulla] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZzC6e6olCY "Quando m'en vo"] (a.k.a. Musetta's Waltz). If you hear opera in a movie or tv show and it's not Flight of the Valkyries, there's a good chance it's this. |
* ''[[La Boheme]]'', by Giacomo Puccini. All. Of. It. But ESPECIALLY [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UtIy5VEz0 "O soave fanciulla] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZzC6e6olCY "Quando m'en vo"] (a.k.a. Musetta's Waltz). If you hear opera in a movie or tv show and it's not Flight of the Valkyries, there's a good chance it's this. |
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** Also from Puccini, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTBml4oOZ8 "Nessun Dorma"] from ''Turandot''. The end of the aria is the bit that everyone knows (Luciano Pavarotti in particular made it something of a signature tune in his repertoire): |
** Also from Puccini, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTBml4oOZ8 "Nessun Dorma"] from ''Turandot''. The end of the aria is the bit that everyone knows (Luciano Pavarotti in particular made it something of a signature tune in his repertoire): |
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{{quote|Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! (Vanish, o night! Set, stars!) |
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Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincero! (Set, stars! At dawn, I will win!) |
Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincero! (Set, stars! At dawn, I will win!) |
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VINCERO! |
VINCERO! |
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''VINCEROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!'' }} |
''VINCEROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!'' }} |
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* Henry Purcell's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWRcx9LHBJU Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary]. It's mostly known as the [[Soundtrack Dissonance|unfitting]] opening theme in the film of ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''. |
* Henry Purcell's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWRcx9LHBJU Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary]. It's mostly known as the [[Soundtrack Dissonance|unfitting]] opening theme in the film of ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''. |
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** Ravel's F Major String Quartet is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest - and most difficult - string quartets ever written. The fourth movement is absolutely spectacular. |
** Ravel's F Major String Quartet is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest - and most difficult - string quartets ever written. The fourth movement is absolutely spectacular. |
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* Resphigi's ''Pini di Roma'' - so awesome, it influenced [[John Williams]]. Of special note is the final movement, [http://youtu.be/TQwGTe_MueM ''I pini della Via Appia'' (The Pines of Appian Way)], which has been described as follows: |
* Resphigi's ''Pini di Roma'' - so awesome, it influenced [[John Williams]]. Of special note is the final movement, [http://youtu.be/TQwGTe_MueM ''I pini della Via Appia'' (The Pines of Appian Way)], which has been described as follows: |
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{{quote|Misty dawn: a legion advances along the Via Appia in the brilliance of the newly-risen sun. Respighi wanted the ground to tremble under the footsteps of his army and he instructs the organ to play bottom B flat on 8', 16' and 32' organ pedal. The score calls for ''buccine'' - ancient trumpets that are usually represented by flugelhorns. Trumpets peal and the consular army rises in triumph to the Capitoline Hill.}} |
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** Even more awesome when its accompanies by [[Fantasia|humpback whales flying into the Aurora Borealis.]] |
** Even more awesome when its accompanies by [[Fantasia|humpback whales flying into the Aurora Borealis.]] |
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* Rimsky-Korsakov's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHFJ0lU9Us/ Russian Easter Festival Overture]. Part beautiful, part powerful and energetic, part takes your breath away... It's quite possibly one of the most epic overtures ever written. |
* Rimsky-Korsakov's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHFJ0lU9Us/ Russian Easter Festival Overture]. Part beautiful, part powerful and energetic, part takes your breath away... It's quite possibly one of the most epic overtures ever written. |