Saul's Compositions

[scarpia]

ah, Tarrega - composer of the world's most recognised piece of music.... 

I know I've heard it as some little snip of computer music, where is it from?

[M forever]

It's the default ring tone of Nokia cell phones.

[lukeottevanger]

Wiki's page. Particularly relevant round these parts:

As of 2006, the pianist Marc-André Hamelin has been playing a short piece of his own composition that improvises on the Nokia tune as a concert encore. Written in a jazz-inflected style reminiscent of Poulenc, the piece is titled "Vals Irritation."[/url]

[karlhenning]

Yes, he was a great composer.

Lots of poetry and emotion...

Was that Saul channeling Operahaven . . . ? 

[karlhenning]

Wiki's page.

. . . and together they selected the excerpt that became "Nokia tune".

The selecting took two of them? How corporate . . . .