what piece of classical music is Billy Joel's "This Night" based on?

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billy joel, song called this night,what classical piece of music is it based on

2007-01-26 10:20:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music

the funeral march

2007-01-26 10:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by Troubled Joe(the ghost of) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The song is a take off from the second movement of the Pathetique Sonata (#8) by Ludwig van Beethoven. Not Mozart as another responder has noted.

2007-01-27 18:07:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Serenade for strings in G major, better known as Eine kleine Nachtmusik composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2007-01-26 16:33:14 · answer #3 · answered by gav_n_nic_don 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Don't know, but that tunes going round in my head now. Cheers.

2007-01-26 10:27:00 · answer #4 · answered by Rachael H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋