Composers are understandably reluctant to give away rights to their pieces,
so most legitimate music on the Web tends to be out of copyright. This includes
folk tunes and classical compositions by long-dead composers. You can find, for
instance, Beethoven鈥檚 1812 overture at
http://www.midifarm.com/files/midifiles/General_MIDI/CLASSICAL/.
Listen to the cannon fire on your sound card as Napoleon retreats from Moscow.
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