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Music

1. Last String Quartets -> needs disambig for Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
2. Toward the Unknown Region -> work by Ralph Vaughan Williams
3. A Free Song -> Cantata that won the inaugural Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1943 for William Schuman. It adapted from poems by Walt Whitman.
4. Birdman Kicked My Ass -> Song by Wesley Willis
5. As Kosher As they Want to Be -> debut album of 2 Live Jews (homage to 2 Live Crew)
6. Brazilian impression -> Composition by Ottorino Respighi
7. American Festival Overture -> 1939 overture by William Schuman
8. St. John's Passion -> work by Johann Sebastian Bach
9. St. Matthew's Passion -> work by Johann Sebastian Bach
10. alborada del Gracioso -> 4th movement of Miroirs
11. Nine Coronas -> parody of My Sharona by John Cougar Mammoser
12. Beethoven String Quartets -> "The second movement of the first one was thought to have been inspired by the tomb scene from Romeo and Juliet. A section of the Cavatina movement of the 13th one is marked Beklemnt, and the finale of the seventh is based on a Russian folk theme. The finale of the last one is marked with an epigraph that reads "The difficult resolution," while the Molto Adagio of the 15th one is a song of thanksgiving in the Lydian mode. The original finale of the 13th is now known as the Grosse Fugue. FTP, name this group of sixteen works, with subtitles such as "Serioso," "the Harp" and "Razumovsky." "
13. Symphony No. 3 In E Major < Max Bruch work (E flat is Beethoven)
14. Can I Touch You There -> Michael Bolton song
15. Short Symphony -> 1933 Aaron Copland Symphony also called "Symphony Number 2"
16. Brand New Life - theme song for Who's the Boss?
17. Sweet Seasons -> Carole King song
18. Cut the Mullet -> Wesley Wilis song
19. Fade to Bluegrass: Tribute to Metallica -> album by Iron Horse that plays classical Metallica songs in bluegrass style
20. Incidental Music to Athalie - Mendelssohn opus #74, see List of compositions by Felix Mendelssohn
21. On the Trail - This is perhaps the best known movement of the Grand Canyon Suite. Its theme recurs in the final movement, Cloudburst. [1]
22. The School of Velocity < Carl Czerny work for piano
23. The Hymn of Jesus < Gustav Holst choral symphony
24. Anthem chorus -> "The first chorus of Messiah, And the Glory of the Lord, also has lyrics taken from Isaiah 40. It is an example of this kind of chorus in which each specific line of text is represented by a particular line of music."