Classical music used in rock songs

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Renaissance- "At the Harbor"
The beginning and end are excepts from Claude Debussy's La Cathédrale Engloutie

 

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Jethro Tull ~ Bouree. Based on J. S. Bach's Bourrée in E minor for the lute.




The same Bourrée in E minor for the lute has also been used in:


Alterbridge ~ Wayward One (the chorus)

 

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Curved Air's "Vivaldi" is based on The Four Seasons composition by Antonio Vivaldi.

 

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I'm surprised no one posted this little gem.

A classical music piece cleverly disguised as a rock song.

Eleanor Rigby, minus the vocals

 

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