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May 5

Who can figure out music pieces used in this recording?

Listening here: File:Radio Vietnam (Tiếng nói nước Việt Nam) from Saigon, Republic of Vietnam (VNCH) circa 1974.ogg -- Great Brightstar (talk) 16:46, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Classical-music fragments, which appear to be from the same piece, sound familiar and Mozartesque to me, but I can't place them. They could to be from the opening bars of a symphony or concerto (but not of a Mozart symphony or concerto I know). --Lambiam 07:48, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Great Brightstar: At last, a question I can answer. It's the beginning of the overture to Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario) by Mozart. Got it in one, within the first couple of seconds. This Youtube vid shows the full score. The opening sequence in your clip starts at the very beginning and fades out in the first bar of page 3, around 0:22. The ending sequence from around 1:00 in your clip fades in at the same place, and ends at the end of page 5, around 0:45. The page numbering on the actual score is a bit weird. The piece is in C major, but the pitch of your clip is considerably higher, more like C#. Maybe the playback speed is too fast (most likely), or maybe it was recorded at that pitch. Cheers, :>MinorProphet (talk) 14:58, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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