Mike Leghorn: >Btw, did you know that Beethoven took the dah dee daahhh, duh dah dah >dee deeeeeee theme (without modification) from a Mozart overture. I don't >remember the name of the overture, but I did hear it once, and that theme >stuck out as clear as day. The overture to Bastien et Bastienne, K50. There's certainly a similarity, but I wouldn't like to speculate whether Beethoven lifted it from WAM's overture. There are also slight thematic connections between Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto and WAM's #24, but I don't think it's intentional. Just as well they don't live in these litigious times - they'd be writing potboilers to be able to pay their lawyers. Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]