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Tulsa Quartet Library Section V: Light Classics

The Beautiful Music You Didn't Know You Knew

These are the primarily instrumental pieces that you know without even knowing you know them! For instance, what some know as the Diamond Song from the jewelry commercial is really "Palladio." Heard of the Beach Boys? Their Lady Lynda borrows from Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. In a more recent example, Beyonce introduced a new generation to Schubert's Ave Maria. The lasting appeal of classical music makes these selections perfect for any event and any generation.

Below are some of our favorites. Don't see what you're looking for? See Tulsa Quartet's complete music library. Still don't see what you want? We may be able to get it! Contact us with your wish list.

Titles Composer
Air Handel
Air from Suite No. 3 (Air on the G String) Bach
Air from the Peasant Cantata Bach
Alleluia from “Exsultate, Jubilate” Mozart
Aria Handel
Ave Maria Schubert
Ave Maria Bach/Gounod
Ave Verum Mozart
Badinerie Bach
Baroque Bagatelle, A Goldsmith
Baroque Fugue Siennicki
Bouree Mozart
Bourree Handel
Bourree from Suite No. 3 Bach
Brandenburg Concerto 2 1st mvmt Allegro J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Bach
Brandenburg Concerto 4 3rd mvmt Allegro J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto 5 1st mvmt Allegro J.S. Bach
Bridal Chorus Wagner
Can Can Offenbach
Canon Pachelbel
Danse Macabre Saint-Saens
Divertimento I, No. 136 Mozart
Divertimento No. 138 Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1st movement Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 4th movement Mozart
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba Handel
Entry of the Gladiators Fucik
Gavotte I & II from Suite No. 3 Bach
Gigue from Suite No. 3 Bach
Hornpipe from “Water Music” Handel
In the Hall of the Mountain King Grieg
Time to Say Goodbye (AKA I Will Go With You or Con te Partiro) Andrea Bocelli
Jerusalem Parry
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Bach
Jupiter Holst
La Vie en Rose Guglielmi
Like Melodies Enchanting Brahms
March, from Marriage of Figaro Mozart
Meditation from “Thais” Massenet
Menuetto Corelli
Minuet from “Orpheus” Gluck
Minuet from the Quartet in D Minor Haydn
Minuet in F Mozart
Nuvole Bianche Einaudi
Palladio (A Diamond is Forever) Jenkins
Panis Angelicus Franck
Passacaile Handel
Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin
Rigaudon Campra
Rondeau from “Premiere Suite” Mouret
Rondo Haydn
Rondo alla Turca, Sonata, K331 Mozart
Sarabande Handel
Sheep May Safely Graze Bach
Sleeping Beauty Waltz Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky
Spring, from the Four Seasons Vivaldi
St. Anthony Chorale Haydn
Swan, The Saint-Saëns
The Rejoicing (La Rejouissance) from the Royal Fireworks Music Handel
Theme from 1st Symphony Brahms
Time to Say Goodbye (AKA I Will Go With You or Con te Partiro) Andrea Bocelli
Trumpet Tune Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary Clark
Two German Dances Mozart
Waltz No. 2 from Suite for Variety Orchestra Shostakovich
Wedding March Mendelssohn
Winter (slow movement) from the Four Seasons Vivaldi
Zadok the Priest Handel
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