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    Posted: August 16 2021 at 06:13
Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

There is in the song "Nothing At All" in the drum solo section.


oh yes; I completely forgot about this one. this is of course a citation of "Liebestraum" ("Love Dream") by Franz Liszt. I love playing this piece myself




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If national anthems can also be composed in a symphonic nature, God Savess the Queen, which they cover also counts
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There is in the song "Nothing At All" in the drum solo section.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2JUlUvPH2erBIezhIkPUrP?si=WKLzn0wSRtyfLCHzjFN5nA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
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Originally posted by GrafHaarschnitt GrafHaarschnitt wrote:

If not Gentle Giant, also  general classical citations from Progbands would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know if it's what you're looking for, but "The Barbarian" from Emerson Lake & Palmer's debut album is largely based on Béla Bartók’s "Allegro barbaro".
 
 
Emerson Lake & Palmer - The Barbarian:
 
 
 
Béla Bartók - Allegro barbaro:
 
 
 
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Originally posted by GrafHaarschnitt GrafHaarschnitt wrote:

Hey guys, I am writing a paper for my studies. Including Gentle Giant.
I just wanted to ask if any of you know any direct or indirect classical citation in Gentle Giants music. Like for example a phrase from Bach or so. I don´t know much classical music, hence why I´m asking here.

If not Gentle Giant, also  general classical citations from Progbands would be greatly appreciated.
I don´t really know where to post this topic. If you know I beg you to reprimand myself, where I should post it.
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ELP have used a lot of classical music - Knife Edge, Tocatta, Pictures at an Exhibition etc.
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I don't know about any classical citations in the music of Gentle Giant unless you count their variation of the British national anthem (of which the composer is unknown; the melody first appeared in a publication called "The Musical Thesaurus" from 1744, albeit in a slightly different version) on their first album. but there are of course a lot of such citations in other prog music.

one of the most cited pieces is Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor". here two examples:



my personal favorite citation is of Ravel's "Introduction et allegro pour harpe, flûte, clarinette et quatuor à cordes" ("Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet") in "The Three Tongues" by Mother Gong from their album "Fairy Tales" because they do a little improvement of the Ravel original. I will post both for comparison:

the original:


Mother Gong:






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Hey guys, I am writing a paper for my studies. Including Gentle Giant.
I just wanted to ask if any of you know any direct or indirect classical citation in Gentle Giants music. Like for example a phrase from Bach or so. I don´t know much classical music, hence why I´m asking here.

If not Gentle Giant, also  general classical citations from Progbands would be greatly appreciated.
I don´t really know where to post this topic. If you know I beg you to reprimand myself, where I should post it.
Thx

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