Top Ten Tunes: Roots Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer

My top ten tunes that inspired one of my all-time favourite groups.

The cover art was inspired by an album cover from Naxos Records.

  1. Hoedown – Aaron Copland (composer)
  2. Toccata (Piano Concerto No. 1: Toccata Concertata composed by Alberto Ginastera)
  3. The Barbarian (based on Allegro Barbaro: Allegro Barbaro, Sz. 49 composed by Béla Bartók)
  4. Pictures At An Exhibition – Modest Mussorgsky (composer)
  5. Fanfare For The Common Man – Aaron Copland (composer)
  6. The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits (The Enemy God And The Dance Of The Black Spirits from Scythian Suite, Op 20) – Sergei Prokofiev (composer)
  7. Knife-Edge (based on Sinfonietta: Allegretto composed by Leoš Janáček)
  8. Jerusalem – Hubert Parry / William Blake (composers)
  9. Nutrocker (arranged by Kim Fowley, based on The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: March composed by Tchaikovsky)
  10. Rondo (based on Blue Rondo à la Turk composed by Dave Brubeck)
    This tune is not based on Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turca despite the similar sounding name

Discover more from The South African Rock Encyclopedia

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Leave a Reply

↑