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post_theme: light
title: "Music Is My Only Drug: Piano Pieces I Keep Coming Back To"
description: "The piano pieces I return to again and again: Beethoven's Für Elise, Mariage d'Amour, the Love Story theme and a virtuosic Harry Potter medley, with videos."
date: 2022-01-01
last_modified_at: 2026-10-02
keywords: [piano music, classical music, Für Elise, Mariage d'Amour, Richard Clayderman, Beethoven, Harry Potter piano]
related: ["/blog_posts/whatwedowhywedo.html", "/blog_posts/philosophy-notes.html"]
---

<div class="music-container">
  <div class="hero-section">
    <h1>🎵 Music is my only drug!</h1>
    <p class="subtitle">There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.</p>
    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaskamalkainth/images/master/hqdefault.jpg" alt="Painting of a woman in a white dress playing the piano, in bright orange and yellow brushstrokes" class="hero-image" />
  </div>

  <div class="section">
    <div class="section-header">
      <i class="fa fa-star section-icon"></i>
      <h2>Classical Music Legends</h2>
    </div>
    
    <div class="legends-grid">
      <div class="legend-card">
        <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaskamalkainth/images/master/96ed9b0919b25388599fd3e0dd926db4.jpg" target="_blank" class="image-link">
          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaskamalkainth/images/master/96ed9b0919b25388599fd3e0dd926db4.jpg" alt="Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach with his quote: The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." loading="lazy" />
        </a>
      </div>
      
      <div class="legend-card">
        <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaskamalkainth/images/master/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Quotes.jpg" target="_blank" class="image-link">
          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaskamalkainth/images/master/Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Quotes.jpg" alt="Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven with the quote: Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life." loading="lazy" />
        </a>
      </div>
      
      <div class="legend-card">
        <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaskamalkainth/images/master/mozart_quote_4_new.jpg" target="_blank" class="image-link">
          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jaskamalkainth/images/master/mozart_quote_4_new.jpg" alt="Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a quote attributed to him: All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak, and speak in such a way that people will remember it." loading="lazy" />
        </a>
      </div>
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  <div class="section">
    <div class="section-header">
      <i class="fa fa-music section-icon"></i>
      <h2>Musical Masterpieces</h2>
    </div>
    
    <div class="music-grid">
      <div class="music-card">
        <div class="composer-tag">Paul de Senneville</div>
        <h3><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i>Mariage d'Amour ("Spring Waltz")</h3>
        <p class="card-note">Often mislabelled online as Chopin; it was written by Paul de Senneville in 1978 and made famous by Richard Clayderman.</p>
        <div class="video-container">
          <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EFJ7kDva7JE" title="Mariage d'Amour (Spring Waltz), piano" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen></iframe>
        </div>
      </div>

      <div class="music-card">
        <div class="composer-tag">Beethoven</div>
        <h3><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i>Für Elise</h3>
        <div class="video-container">
          <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bP70gBZc564" title="Beethoven: Für Elise, piano" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen></iframe>
        </div>
      </div>

      <div class="music-card">
        <div class="composer-tag">Francis Lai · Richard Clayderman</div>
        <h3><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i>Love Story</h3>
        <p class="card-note">Francis Lai's theme from the 1970 film <em>Love Story</em>, in Richard Clayderman's piano arrangement (the video credits Beethoven, but it isn't his).</p>
        <div class="video-container">
          <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WPChw6DiIkw" title="Love Story theme, piano (Richard Clayderman)" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen></iframe>
        </div>
      </div>

      <div class="music-card">
        <div class="composer-tag">John Williams · Harry Potter</div>
        <h3><i class="fa fa-play-circle"></i>Harry Potter Piano Medley (Virtuosic Cover)</h3>
        <div class="video-container">
          <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YI6hpzai-hU" title="Harry Potter piano medley, virtuosic cover by Eshan Denipitiya" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen></iframe>
        </div>
      </div>
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