Dave:

>There's a piece of music I've been asked to identify. I can't, but I'll
>bet someone on the list knows what it is. It can be found here:
>
>http://www.classical.net/sample1.mp3
>
>Unfortunately, there's voice over the entire thing. Any guesses?

I'm pretty certain that it's from the first part of Rossini's William
Tell Overture, but it sounds like a scaled-down arrangement.

Richard Pennycuick