European classical music

Classical music is a term referring to ecclesiastical and concert music mainly composed in Europe beginning in the second millennium CE.

Earth opera is part of classical music. (VOY: "The Swarm", "Virtuoso", "Renaissance Man")

At regular intervals, concerts of classical music were held aboard the USS Enterprise-D, usually in Ten Forward. (TNG: "Sarek", "In Theory", "Lessons")

National Anthems

Parts of the American National Anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner) were heard in TOS: "The Omega Glory" when the American flag was brought in.

Parts of the French National Anthem (La Marseillaise) were heard when the crew was seeing Q's Napoleonic creatures for the first time in TNG: "Hide and Q".

Neither piece was played by characters in the episode or heard by the protagonist but were part of the soundtrack of the episodes, which is why they are presented as italicized background information here.

Unidentified classical music

There are still several pieces of classical music heard in Star Trek that we were not able to identify yet. Here is a listing of those pieces and any information that could be gathered:

• The illusionary ballet music heard in TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before", when Jean-Luc Picard encounters the female crew member of the Enterprise-D dancing in a cargo bay.

• The violin melody played by Data as Sherlock Holmes on the holodeck at the beginning of TNG: "Elementary, Dear Data".

• The music box melodies played by Rishon Uxbridge's (TNG: "The Survivors") and Janet Brooks' (TNG: "The Loss") music boxes.

• The Johannes Brahms piano etude Geordi La Forge plays for a few moments, before he decides to play classical guitar music, shortly before Leah Brahms enters his quarters for the first time in TNG: "Galaxy's Child".

• The music played by the woodwind quintet, consisting of Data (oboe), Jenna D'Sora (flute), Keiko O'Brien (clarinet) and two other crew members (playing bassoon and horn) after the teaser of TNG: "In Theory".

• The two pieces of classical music Harry Kim plays on his clarinet after the teaser of VOY: "Parturition".

• The short piece of classical music Harry Kim plays on his clarinet in VOY: "Tuvix".

Composers of classical music and their works

B

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Third Brandenburg Concerto

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Moonlight Sonata
  • Piano Sonata Number 8
  • Symphony Number Six
  • Symphony Number Nine

• Louis Hector Berlioz
  • Les Troyens
    • Vallon Sonore

• Georges Bizet

• Johannes Brahms
  • Sextet Number 1
  • Hungarian Dances

C

• Frederic Chopin
  • Barcarolle in F-sharp major
  • Nocturne in E minor
  • Prelude Number 4
  • Trio in G minor

• Vincenzo de Crescenzo
  • Rondine al nido

D

• Anton Dvorak
  • The Slavonic Dances

G

• Gilbert and Sullivan
  • HMS Pinafore
    • A British Tar
  • The Pirates of Penzance
    • I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

H

• Georg Friedrich Händel
  • Passacaglia for Violin and Viola

• Joseph Haydn
  • String Quartet Number 5

M

• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony Number One

• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
  • Wedding March

• Federico Mompou
  • Cancion y Danza Number 6

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  • Jupiter symphony
  • Piano Concerto Number 17
  • Piano Sonata Number 16
  • String Quartet Number 19
  • String Quartet Number 17

P

• Giacomo Puccini
  • La bohème
    • O, Soave Fanciulla
    • Che Gelida Manina

S

• Camille Saint-Saens
  • The Dying Swan

• Erik Satie
  • First Gymnopédie

• Domenico Scarlatti
  • Sonata in C major

• Robert Schumann
  • Of Foreign Lands And Peoples

• John Philip Sousa
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever

• Johann Strauss II
  • Frühlingsstimmen
  • Roses from the South
  • The Blue Danube

T

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Symphony Number Four

V

• Giuseppe Verdi
  • Rigoletto
    • La donna è mobile
    • Questa o quella
    • Veglia, o donna, questo fiore
  • Don Carlos
    • Dio, che nell'alma infondere

• Antonio Vivaldi
  • The Four Seasons

W

• Richard Wagner
  • Bridal Chorus

External Links

• Taking Notes: The Sourced Music of Star Trek at StarTrek.com