Can someone help me select a piece of CLASSICAL MUSIC?

Question

I'm trying to make a website about horses. Do you know any good classical music that I can use on my website? Thanks!

Answer 1

The William Tell Overture by Rossini (more commonly known as the theme to "The Lone Ranger")

Answer 2

Liszt's 'Mazeppa' is specifically about a fella tied (in an alarming state of undress) as punishment to the back of a horse which is driven out to rampage across the steppes...

(The orchestral version as Symphonic Poem #6 may be the better version for your purpose, compared with the Transcendental Study #4 for piano, based on the same material.)

Then there's Franz von Suppé's Overture 'Leichte Kavallerie"... ('The Light Cavalry')

Answer 3

The finale of Mendelsohn's Italian Symphony (#4) gallops along, although most consider it a "saltarello". The Trio to the Scherzo of Beethoven's 7th Symphony has a majestic and undulating quality. The finale of the same symphony would work well too, I think. In fact, now that I think of it, the Scherzos of the 3rd and 9th symphonies would work quite well, too

As usual, CubCur's suggestions are excellent. :-))

Answer 4

The last movement of Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony has a distinctly equine character (the second theme) and does the nice like part for oboe and horns in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1.

Answer 5

A musical joke (Ein Musikalischer Spaß K.522) by Mozart would be a good choice. It used to be used by the BBC to introduce showjumping.

Answer 6

Since horses gallop and are pretty fast, Rondo Alla Turca, by Mozart (K331) might be a good song.

Hope this helps!!!

Answer 7

Vivaldi's spring from the four seasons