Classical music in Star Trek

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The episodes of the Star Trek franchise have featured many performances of classical music. However, its producers have neglected to provide a list of such pieces so that fans could embark on further listening. The following is a partial list of episodes in which classical music features prominently.

[edit] Instrumental Music

Series Episode Piece Movement Composer
Star Trek The Squire of Gothos Rosen aus dem Süden --- Johann Strauss II
Star Trek: The Next Generation Where Silence Has Lease Première Gymnopédie --- Erik Satie
Star Trek: The Next Generation Evolution The Stars and Stripes Forever --- John Philip Sousa
Star Trek: The Next Generation The Ensigns of Command Serenade for Strings in G major, K525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) First Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Star Trek: The Next Generation Where No One Has Gone Before Serenade for Strings in G major, K525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) First Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Star Trek: The Next Generation Booby Trap Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F-sharp minor --- Johannes Brahms
Star Trek: The Next Generation Sarek String Quartet No. 19 in C major, KV465 First Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Star Trek: The Next Generation Sarek String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 Second Johannes Brahms
Star Trek: The Next Generation The Mind's Eye Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (Pastoral) First Ludwig van Beethoven
Star Trek: The Next Generation A Matter of Time; Lessons Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 First Johann Sebastian Bach
Star Trek: The Next Generation A Matter of Time Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Second Ludwig van Beethoven
Star Trek: The Next Generation A Matter of Time Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 (Jupiter) Second Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Star Trek: The Next Generation The Masterpiece Society Prelude No. 4 in E minor, Op. 28 (Suffocation) --- Frédéric Chopin
Star Trek: The Next Generation A Fistful of Datas Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46 --- Antonín Dvořák
Star Trek: The Next Generation Lessons Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 (Moonlight) First Ludwig van Beethoven
Star Trek: The Next Generation Lessons Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in G minor, Op. 8 First Frédéric Chopin
Star Trek: The Next Generation Inheritance Passacaglia and Sarabande with Variations in G After Händel for violin & viola --- Johan Halvorsen
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Statistical Probabilities An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 --- Johann Strauss II
Star Trek: Voyager Coda Le Cygne --- Camille Saint-Saëns
Star Trek: Voyager Counterpoint Symphony No. 1 in D minor (Titan) Second Gustav Mahler
Star Trek: Voyager Counterpoint Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Second Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Star Trek: Voyager Course: Oblivion Wedding March --- Felix Mendelssohn
Star Trek: Voyager Body and Soul Frühlingsstimmen --- Johann Strauss II
Star Trek: Voyager Friendship One Concerto in E major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 (La Primavera) First Antonio Vivaldi
Star Trek: Voyager Renaissance Man An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 --- Johann Strauss II
Star Trek: Insurrection --- Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) --- Ludwig van Beethoven
Star Trek: Insurrection --- String Quartet No. 5 in D major, Op. 64 (The Lark) Fourth Joseph Haydn
Star Trek: Insurrection --- String Quartet No. 17 in B flat, K458 (The Hunt) Fourth Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Star Trek: Nemesis --- Cancion y Danza No. 6 --- Federico Mompou

[edit] Operas and Operettas

Series Episode Opera Piece Composer
Star Trek Balance of Terror Lohengrin Bridal Chorus Richard Wagner
Star Trek: The Next Generation In Theory La bohème Che Gelida Manina Giacomo Puccini
Star Trek: The Next Generation Disaster The Pirates of Penzance I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General William S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan
Star Trek: The Next Generation A Matter of Time Rigoletto La donna è mobile Giuseppe Verdi
Star Trek: Voyager The Swarm La bohème O, Soave Fanciulla Giacomo Puccini
Star Trek: Voyager Course: Oblivion Lohengrin Bridal Chorus Richard Wagner
Star Trek: Voyager Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy; Life Line Rigoletto La donna è mobile Giuseppe Verdi
Star Trek: Voyager Virtuoso Don Carlos Dio, che nell'alma infondere Giuseppe Verdi
Star Trek: Voyager Renaissance Man Rigoletto Questa o quella Giuseppe Verdi
Star Trek: First Contact --- Les Troyens Vallon Sonore Louis Hector Berlioz
Star Trek: Insurrection --- HMS Pinafore A British Tar William S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan

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