A Fifth of Beethoven

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A Fifth of Beethoven is a 1976 disco instrumental adaptation of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony that became a major hit for composer and producer Walter Murphy.

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Label Occurrences
A Fifth of Beethoven canonical 1
A Fifth of Beethoven (album) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf disco song ⓘ
instrumental ⓘ
song ⓘ
basedOn Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
chartPeakCountry United States ⓘ
chartPeakYear 1976 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
composer Walter Murphy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre disco ⓘ
orchestral pop ⓘ
hasAlternativeCredit Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band – A Fifth of Beethoven ⓘ
hasFollowUpWork Flight ’76 ⓘ
hasMusicalKey C minor ⓘ
hasNotableFeature disco arrangement of a classical symphony ⓘ
prominent string and brass sections over a disco rhythm ⓘ
hasNotableRecognition considered one of the best-known disco adaptations of classical music ⓘ
includedInAlbum A Fifth of Beethoven (album) ⓘ
includedInSoundtrack Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
length approximately 3 minutes ⓘ
originalReleaseFormat single ⓘ
partOf 1970s disco era ⓘ
performer Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band ⓘ
producer Walter Murphy ⓘ
recordLabel Private Stock Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1976 ⓘ
usedIn film Saturday Night Fever ⓘ
usesMotifFrom opening motif of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walter Murphy → notableWork → A Fifth of Beethoven ⓘ
A Fifth of Beethoven → includedInAlbum → A Fifth of Beethoven (album) ⓘ
linked to: A Fifth of Beethoven