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What is the Opening Credits Theme

posted 11 years ago by claudelalande
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The closing credits theme is well known: Rondeau from Abdelazer Suite by Henry Purcell. What is the opening credits theme?

[–] hilaryjrp 11 years ago

Darn, I used to know, and I'm going to make it my business to find out.

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[–] randommovies2002 9 years ago

Please post if you figure it out. I swear I heard it on the radio a couple of days ago (classical station) but they never announced the title.

[–] spanishblue1964 9 years ago

See what you can find on Wikipedia?
I was fairly sure it was Purcell. though😊

The theme for the opening titles of each episode is the "Trumpet tune (Warlike consort)" from Act V of Henry Purcell's opera King Arthur. The theme for the closing credits of each episode is the second piece, a Rondeau, of Henry Purcell's incidental music, composed about 1695, to Aphra Behn's 1676 play Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge.

[–] randommovies2002 9 years ago

That's it! Thanks. Something to add to my play list on youtube. 🎼🎶