{"id":27942,"date":"2015-04-29T20:41:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T00:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=27942"},"modified":"2015-04-29T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T01:10:00","slug":"classical-101-the-surprising-origins-of-the-door-knocking-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2015\/04\/29\/classical-101-the-surprising-origins-of-the-door-knocking-song\/","title":{"rendered":"CLASSICAL 101 | The Surprising Origins of the Door Knocking Song"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The song we all know.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyone who has ever stood in front of a door has probably performed the door knocking song at least once in their lives. The strange thing about it is, we all seem to\u00a0know how it goes\u00a0\u2013 like it was somehow part of our collective musical DNA \u2013 at least in North America anyways.<\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered where it comes from?<\/p>\n

You know the one:<\/p>\n

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dut, dut-dut dut, dut… dut, dut<\/em>.<\/p>\n

After a bit of research, it turns\u00a0out it originated from\u00a0a song written in 1899 by Charles Hale called, “At a Darktown Cakewalk”.<\/p>\n

You can hear it played\u00a0here on an old\u00a0Stella 17-Inch Music Box here:<\/span><\/p>\n