I can't remember the name of a classical piece of music.

I'm thinking it's Mozart or Shubert, but not positive.

Then it goes into a trio movement, right? Then returns to the original theme at the end. Yeah, I know EXACTLY the one you mean.

Sounds like it's from Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

No, not that one, R3. It's definitely not Vivaldi.

R3 - No, that goes:

la laa la la la la laaah . . .

The Meditation from "Thaïs"! The Trout Quintet! "Le Cygne" from "Carnival of the Animals"! Pictures from an Exhibition! Ride of the Valkyries! "I am the Wife of Mao T'se-tung" from "Nixon in China"! Ave Maria! The third movement of the Scottish Symphony! Bolero!

Am I close yet???

Is it all strings, op or other instruments?

It's like,

la, la, laaa (very slow) la la la la lala,

All strings, R7.

It's too complex to get the la las just right.

Okay, violins or lute? Lots of strings or just one?

Well, I did try to voice it out, and this is what I came up with. I don't think this is correct. Beautiful piece of music, regardless.

I still think it's Vivaldi. Try Concerto in D Major for Lute and String.

Is it MY Cherie Amour?

Is this it?

An ensemble; violins, cello, viola- string quartet or string orchestra, no lute, R9.

It's not Vivaldi, R11.

It's probably in andante.

Pachelbels Canon?

Is it the La La La song?

YES, R13!!! OMG, yes, that's it! Thank you, and thank god. I've had it in my head now for days! I love you, R13. How did you figure it out?

Is this it?

Havah Nagila

No problem, OP! Despite all the naysayers, you actually did an excellent job at capturing the rhythmic pattern and narrowing it down to either Mozart or Schubert.

^ R13

I don't know why it slipped my mind, R20. I'm somewhat familiar with classical music and its history, but I was drawing blank. It's such a famous and familiar piece too, and it being Mozart I should have known it. Thanks again, R13/20! I'm enjoying your link again!

Op, we're you also the Judy Collins/Clouds lala'er?

Gabriel’s Oboe

No, R23, this is my first la la la post, but I remember the Judy Collins one.

Damn you, R13. We could've had a lot of fun with this, LOL!!!

Guy 1: Hey can you play that song again? it went beep boo boo bop boo boo beep. Radio Disc Jockey: Nah man you mean the song that goes beep boo boo bop boo boo bop

It's probably Rosemary Woodhouse -

R13 has saved thousands from insomnia tonight!!

Christus, I wrote classics that live on three hundred years after my death, and all they can remember is "la la laaa"?

For you, r26.

I thought it was Tacobel's "Canon" R15

yea!! i am SO relieved at how relieved you are !!!

OP and R13 I'm so very happy for you

R32 Went to a "CD store" years ago and my companion went to the register and asked the sales clerk for the section where she could find "that Taco Bell Canon." I burst out laughing, assuming she was joking. She was not.

OK, so what's this?

la

la la

la la la la la laa

la

la la

la la la la la lah

la la

la la la la lala

The opening bars of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, of course!

I think it's either Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Strauss, Verdi, Stravinsky, Handel, Mozart, Bach, Schubert, Hayden, or Tchaikovsky.

With all those la la la's, it has to be Silbert and Gullivan.

Is it more of a "la" or a "lah?"

Right again, R13/37!!

OK, this one? (full orchestra, starts quietly, slowly, increases in speed and volume)

la la la la lala la, lala la lala la,

la la la la lala la, lala la lala laa,

LA LA LA LA LALA LA, LALA LA LALA LA,

LA LA LA LA LALA LA, LALA LA LALA LAA

Mozart Symphony # 40??

I love this thread with all my heart. You're a delight, OP.

Nope, R42. It's not Mozart.

O fortuna from the Carmina Burana, r41.

You can hum a song to Siri and she will come up with the answer.

No, R45.

OK - just a wild-ass guess, but could it be Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King”?

That's more "dah" than "lah," r48.

You got it again, R13/R48!!!!

Fun thread, I enjoyed matching the la las to the music. Bravo #13 etc.

R13 is a genius, I was going to try Copland's "Rodeo" but failed at trying to write out the la las to that. Someone else should try to stump him!

another challenge for r13 r48

dah dah dah dah DAH dah dah DAH

dah dah dah dah DAH dah dah DAH

DAH da da dah dah DAH DAH

DAH da da dah dah DAH DAH

dadaDAH

dadaDAH

Yes, OP. R13, tell us a little something about yourself. How is it that you're so easily able to match the la la las to their music?

Right, R54. Tell us about yourself, R13, R37, R48! How did you do it? And can you figure out R53?

Mozart and Schubert both kind of put me to sleep. I prefer listening to the heavens open up with Mahler, Strauss, Puccini or Rach.

Need a little more info, R53. Fast/slow? Full orchestra vs. strings vs. piano? Major/minor key? Approximate time period of composition? TIA!

Isn't R41 "La donna e mobile" from Verdi's opera Rigoletto?

R58 - “La donna è mobile” goes:

La la la lala LAH La la la lala LAH

OP, please write the answers down so we don't have to through this again.

R13 here. Just someone who has loved classical music all my life and studied piano with an excellent teacher. When the movie Madame Souzatzska came out I was floored because Shirley MacLaine’s portrayal was just like my teacher (only she was Hungarian).

See the part at 0:36 in the trailer below where they’re playing “name that tune” by tapping out rhythms. My partner does this to me at least once a month when he gets a melody stuck in his head and wants me to tell him what it is. The only problem is that he will hum along out of tune, which actually makes it more difficult for me.

Hey, Op, I went to see the Pittsburgh Symphony play Vivaldi's Four Seasons tonight. Jealous?

Thanks for sharing, R13. That was a fun clip, too.

[quote]Need a little more info, [R53]. Fast/slow? Full orchestra vs. strings vs. piano? Major/minor key? Approximate time period of composition? TIA!

Fast, but not too fast.

Full orchestra.

A minor key.

Early 20th century.

Rite of Spring?

Too Darn Hot?

It's Grieg. Morning Mood

R13 here, and I’m afraid I may have met my match with this latest challenge. The only piece of classical symphonic music I can think of that comes close to the sequence of “dahs” above is Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony (skip to 1:38 in the link below).

Although it is in a minor key, it isn’t early 20th century, and the “dahs” don’t quite align with the clue. If this isn’t the correct answer, please don’t reveal the piece as I’m not yet 100% ready to throw in the towel!

Oh, and thanks for all the kind words and compliments!

R67 - Grieg’s Morning Mood is late 19th century and is in a major key.

OP Sure it wasn't this one?

Who’s the idiot who thinks we can read the notes for his “laaas” in his mind?

R13 was able to figure out the lalas. I still say he's a genius.

R13, it is not Tchaikovsky. Nor is it anyone's Symphony No. 4. It is someone's numbered symphony, however.

[R68], it is not Tchaikovsky. Nor is it anyone's Symphony No. 4. It is someone's numbered symphony, however.

What ever happened to the "veteran" DLers?

OK - I’m throwing in the towel and waving a white flag. I surrender! So, what DOES go:

dah dah dah dah DAH dah dah DAH

dah dah dah dah DAH dah dah DAH

DAH da da dah dah DAH DAH

DAH da da dah dah DAH DAH

dadaDAH

dadaDAH

I'll give you a hint, r77: Mahler.

OP, R13. You two re insane. That la la pattern was NOTHING like eine kleine nachtmusik.

R79 - OP’s ability to transmute music into “La”s is second to none! You just don’t appreciate his gift.

OP - I was actually thinking it might be Mahler, but I am not as familiar with his work as I should be. Tell me this: is this a march-like piece, and are the two dadaDAHs trumpet calls?

Will get back to you later!

Damn Rose Nyland

And the colored girls go La la la la la lalalala ....

R80 It's from the first movement of Mahler's 6th Symphony. It is a very marchlike moment. And very brassy, though I can't identify the trumpet individually.

On Leonard Bernstein's CBS CD, start at 18:15.

I forgot all about this thread! I'm the OP, and I'm still amazed by R13s gift at figuring out la las!

OP's description reminded me of this (although it's not correct)

Thanks, R83! I actually have Bernstein’s complete Mahler recordings (the one with the stylized art nouveau Viennese font on the box) and will give it a listen tonight.

BTW - thanks for validating my instincts about march tempo/rhythm and brass.

This has been one of the most amazing threads in a long time. OP and R13 are a match made in DL heaven.

Those are the Deutsche Grammophon recordings, r86. You'll want to access this at 19:51. The actual part I quoted begins at 20:09.

Thanks again, R83/88! I also have a set conducted by Sir Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony. Interesting factoid: Solti, Princess Diana, and Mother Theresa all died on the same day.

By the way, do you like Bruckner as well? I *LOVE* his 7th Symphony!

I like Bruckner, r89, but he is no Mahler.

I like Bruckner's 7th too, but it might be the only one I enjoy. Mahler is another story.

Mahler is everything.

Mahler's Symphony No. 3. One of my favorites (the others are 2, 6, and 8).

Is this it?