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Identifying a piece of music[edit]

Can anyone identify the piece of music used in this sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus? Lantzy : Lantzy 15:13, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like someone imitating a Leroy Anderson piece. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:11, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Waltzing Trumpets by Harry Mortimer according to the Google built in song recognition in Android, which seems to check out. Fgf10 (talk) 17:14, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct: Waltzing Trumpets Harry Mortimer. Maineartists (talk) 22:01, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good name. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:23, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Python sketch reminds me of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Weapons", trailer at harrypotterwithguns.com . The movie was taken offline due to a copyright claim (it was a re-edit of the first HP movie) but the trailer shows what what it was like. 2601:648:8200:970:0:0:0:B6C3 (talk) 05:53, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]