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What is the most annoying and overplayed song?

Beethoven - Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (WoO 59) "Für Elise"
Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major (K.331) "Alla Turca"
Bach - Minuet in G Major (Anh. 114)
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Beethoven - Sonata No. 14, Movement 1 (Opus 27) "Moonlight Sonata"

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Offline viola_guy

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Most overplayed song
on: January 21, 2026, 03:25:42 PM
These are the most overplayed pieces of classical music in the world. Us as classical musicians need to decide on one of them to be the king of overplayed pieces. Thank you!
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Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #1 on: January 21, 2026, 07:00:33 PM
They’re all so overplayed it doesn’t matter lol.

That’s like saying who’s richer Jeff bezos or Elon musk.  It doesn’t matter cause they both have the same quality of life lol
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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #2 on: January 23, 2026, 02:39:14 AM
IMO it has to go to either Liszt - S. 141 no. 3 "La Campanella" or the Rachmaninoff transcription of Flight of the Bumblebee, because not only are they horrendously overplayed and low-quality but they also have much better versions of them out there.

Liszt - S. 140 no. 3 "La Campanella"


Liszt - S. 420 Grande Fantaisie de Bravoure sur La Clochette


Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra - Flight of the Bumblebee ;)
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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #3 on: January 23, 2026, 06:54:42 PM
None of the pieces mentioned are songs ::)
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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #4 on: January 23, 2026, 09:04:58 PM
Quote from: thalbergmad on January 23, 2026, 06:54:42 PM
None of the pieces mentioned are songs ::)
Some of them are low-quality enough that slandering them in this way seems fine to me.
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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #5 on: January 23, 2026, 09:12:53 PM
How did Für Elise, out of all short pieces of music, get so popular anyway?
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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #6 on: January 23, 2026, 09:49:21 PM
Quote from: jetrohbagonya21 on January 23, 2026, 09:12:53 PM
How did Für Elise, out of all short pieces of music, get so popular anyway?
I am not sure anyway
Probably that people are so simple and dumb that this sounds like a masterpiece
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Offline jetrohbagonya21

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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #7 on: January 23, 2026, 09:57:43 PM
Quote from: viola_guy on January 23, 2026, 09:49:21 PM
I am not sure anyway
Probably that people are so simple and dumb that this sounds like a masterpiece
Uh… no. Maybe because it is catchy (kinda) and “easy” to play, or some YouTuber or TikToker made a how to play tutorial video and it went viral.
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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #8 on: January 23, 2026, 10:00:01 PM
And, viola_guy, considering that I know you in person and that I wrote the opening message of this topic for you, I did not know how you actually type stuff on forums, but now I know…  :-\
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Re: Most overplayed song
Reply #9 on: January 24, 2026, 02:24:38 AM
Quote from: liszt-and-the-galops on January 23, 2026, 02:39:14 AM
IMO it has to go to either Liszt - S. 141 no. 3 "La Campanella" or the Rachmaninoff transcription of Flight of the Bumblebee, because not only are they horrendously overplayed and low-quality but they also have much better versions of them out there.

Liszt - S. 140 no. 3 "La Campanella"
Liszt - S. 420 Grande Fantaisie de Bravoure sur La Clochette
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra - Flight of the Bumblebee ;)
These aren't muhc bette.r
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