What is the best known music piece by the least known composer?

Started by Martinus, October 19, 2015, 09:51:03 AM

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Monoriu

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October 19, 2015, 11:15:36 AM
How famous is James Horner?  If he isn't that famous, then I give you, My Heart Will Go On  :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNyKDI9pn0Q

Valmy

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October 19, 2015, 11:17:34 AM
James Horner is extremely well known. Sorry Mono.
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October 19, 2015, 11:25:04 AM
Can we not use blackface minstrel show tunes? That always makes things awkward.
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October 19, 2015, 11:33:18 AM
You're trolling more than usual, Mono.
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October 19, 2015, 11:33:49 AM
Handel's Messiah.  Who hasn't heard that?
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October 19, 2015, 12:26:47 PM Last Edit: October 19, 2015, 12:28:34 PM by frunk
Carl Orff's O Fortuna

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#28
October 19, 2015, 12:27:20 PM
Anton Karas - The Third Man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0

And did you know who composed Yakety Sax? Boots Randolph. That's who.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4NDLJow1ZE

And remember the awesome intro song from Pulp Fiction? Dick Dale? No, not quite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW6qGy3RtwY
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October 19, 2015, 12:39:14 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on October 19, 2015, 10:03:31 AM
The first thing that came to my mind is Canon D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVn2YGvIv0w

I have a CD called "Pachebel's Greatest Hits".
It's 12 tracks with different variations of the Canon in D. :D

Quote from: garbon on October 19, 2015, 10:10:17 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 19, 2015, 10:07:09 AM
Pachelbel is pretty well known I think.

Yeah, I mean often that song is referred to as 'Pachelbel's Canon' :D

But that's about all he's known for.


Maybe Ravel's Bolero fits the bill?
I guess it depends on just how well-known a "best known piece" is and how little known a "least known composer" is. Couperin is hardly a well-known name but the third movement of his Suite in A Minor, Courante la Mignonne, is probably very recognizable to anyone who played a lot of EUII. On the other hand, Frederick the Great was a composer and is likely not known for that (if he's "known" at all), but none of his pieces are particularly known either.

On the flip side, for little-known works by famous composers, I'd nominate Beethoven's "Wellington's Victory".
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