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[astridv]

I may have successfully got my Japanese teacher hooked on Fullmetal Alchemist. The problem is that a few of my paperbacks have gone missing and since the recent crackdown by the publishers I have no idea where to find the raws online. If anyone happens to know where I could get the Japanese scans of book #4, that'd be great. (astridv at livejournal dot com, or pm)

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and while I'm asking stuff, here's something that neither me nor my roomies nor my one roomie's dad who works in an orchestra could figure out: in episode 24 of Princess Tutu, anyone know what piece is playing in the background starting at 1:40? (link, spoilers!)
[eta: Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade! That was quick. :)]

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[yhlee]

I am 95% sure that comes from Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade Suite, but I no longer have a copy of it (I used to have a cassette, I think). It's not the first piece (which opens with a very distinctive tutti?) is all I can say.

[yhlee]

Aha, now I'm 100% certain--at 3:56 the motif from the very opening of the suite appears briefly in pizzicato before disappearing.

[astridv]

You're right, it's from Scheherazade. bookelfe over on the LJ mirror linked to this comm... all the music references in Tutu. I'm gonna do some youtube browsing *rubs hands*, there were a number of music pieces on the show I loved and didn't recognize.