What's this music?

August 27, 2011 5:42 AM

Can anyone tell me the name of the piece playing over the beginning of this episode of 'Civilisation?' It's killing me that I can't remember it.
posted by lazenby to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

No dice with Shazam, sorry.
posted by yb2006shasta at 6:42 AM on August 27, 2011

Response by poster: Yeah I tried the big hum-that-tune services and I couldn't get Musipedia to understand my tapping.
posted by lazenby at 6:44 AM on August 27, 2011

Best answer: "Fanfare" from "L'Orfeo" composed by Claudio Monteverdi
posted by plokent at 6:50 AM on August 27, 2011

I think it's a fanfare from L'Orfeo by Monteverdi.

Starts at about 35" in in this clip.
posted by coffeepot at 6:51 AM on August 27, 2011

Response by poster: Thanks guys, by a nose.
posted by lazenby at 6:53 AM on August 27, 2011