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Fernando Rey's organ piece

posted 18 years ago by markettingoff
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Does anybody know the name of the piece of music that Fernando Rey's character plays on the organ?

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 18 years ago

It comes from Arne Sucksdorff's "Scurrilous Sonata."

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[–] antonio_a 18 years ago

Isn´t it the slow movement from Beethoven´s 9th symphony?

[–] LCShackley 18 years ago

The piece is the Sarabande from JS Bach's French Suite in G Major. (I know because I played it in college, but on the piano, not the harmonium.)

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 18 years ago

The jewsharp version is delicious!

Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.