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Frédéric Chopin - Op. 28, Prelude No. 4
Back in the day the second best Beatle, John Lennon, came up with his idea for “Because” (Abbey Road, 1969) when he overheard his number one girl/band-breaker-upper Yoko Ono playing Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” on the piano. Lennon asked Yoko to play the chord sequence back to him, only this time in reverse, and then wrote “Because” based on that ‘new’ melody. Borrowing ideas or melodies from past songs is certainly nothing new, just ask Coldplay, but not all artists are quite as clever as Lennon was. A couple months back we posted “Jane B.” by Deadly Death pinup girl Jane Birkin, from her 1969 album Jane Birkin Serge Gainsboug. Allmusic.com credits “Jane B.” to Gainsbourg, which is interesting as its melody is lifted entirely from one of Chopin’s more famous preludes, Prelude No. 4, “Suffocation”. However, according to the Deadly Death legal department, this is all legit. Copyright laws are different in many countries, most, if not all, classical music is public domain, and shit gets real confusing when it’s 200 years old and the composer has been dead for 100 plus years… Publishing royalties need not be paid out, but I would hope the artist gives props. Anyway, I guess what I’m saying is if you ever wanted to record and release your skat version of “Flight Of The Bumblebee”, now’s the time yo.
Fun Fact: Prelude No. 4 “Suffocation” is one of the most famous pieces Chopin wrote, and was played at his funeral in 1849.
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