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The Most Popular Classical Music Pieces of All Time

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Classical Music is timeless. Hollywood has discovered this and uses many classical works in its movie soundtracks. But some of the pieces defy any definition and instead live on and on and on. These pieces are ranked in their order of popularity and recongizability.

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1.

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

This moving piece has been used so much that it has become a byword for drama.

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Beethovan's Moonlight Sonata

This has been used to capacity in so many romantic films that is should, by rights, be outlawed.

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The William Tell Oveture

Also known as the Lone Ranger Theme Song - if you haven't heard it used somewhere I'll be very surprised.

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Tchaikovsky; The Nutcracker Suite

Perhaps the most beloved Christmas music of all time - or at least the most widely recognized.

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FANTASTIC CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

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5.

Pachelbel; Cannon

This has been used so many times - and re-done by so many artists, and used as a base for new music by so many artists that the melody has woven its way into the American Spirit.

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Symphony No. 3 ('Eroica') by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Claire De Lune by Debussy

Most recently popularized in the Twilight Saga, DeBussy has been used in romantic films for decades.

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Tchaikovsky; 1812 Oveture

This piece, always popular, was brought back into the limelight with its well-placed use in the movie "V for Vendetta".

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Piecesa and parts of this great work have been used in so many movies that its surprising more people don't recognize it.

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Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Symphony No. 6 ('Pastoral') by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Piano Concerto No. 5 ('Emperor') by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Tchaikovsky; Romeo and Juliet

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Debussy; Revere

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Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Gershwin; Rhapsody in Blue

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Chopin: Polonaise

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Messiah by George Frideric Handel

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Chopin; Etude in E Major

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Chopin; Nocturne in D-Flat

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