Matt's name-that-tune meme

[dr_whom]

Okay, a variation on the preceding meme, taken from occultatio. The idea is, you get the first few seconds of the song before any lyrics start, and you have to try and identify the song from that much introduction. Note: a few of these are from pieces with no lyrics at all; and in one, the lyricless introduction is actually much longer than the excerpt provided here.

1;2;3;4;5
6;7;8;9;10
11;12;13;14;15
16;17;18;19;20
21;22;23;24;25
26;27;28;29;30

Added data!

For the eight unsolved ones, following brokenwndw, I've picked four seconds at random out of the middle of the song, to aid in your identification. But, to make it a little bit more fun, I don't tell you which of the eight new excerpts matches to which of the eight unsolved introductions.

A;B;C;D;E;F;G;H

Hm. I suppose there's less variety here than I expected. So it goes. Correctly guessed ones are highlighted, and their answers are here.

Edit, 16 June: All the correct answers are now listed on the answer sheet, including the three unguessed ones.

Comments

[lord-codfish.livejournal.com]

Without looking at others' guesses...

4) Henry Ford, Ragtime
5) Going through the Motions, Once More With Feeling
7) Three Bedroom House, Bat Boy
8) Stars, Les Miserables
11) I feel like I know this, but it's not coming to mind...
13) Tennis Song, City of Angels
14) Okay, I KNOW I know this one. I'm going to kick myself.
15) Riddle, Scarlet Pimpernel
16) GAAAH! I know this one too! Damn you brain, function!
18) I Hold Your Hand in Mine, Tom Lehrer
19) Chromolume #7/Putting It Together, Sunday in the Park with George
20) It sounds like Stars and the Moon, but I think it's not. Too much sound disruption for me to tell.
25) Sounds familiar, but I don't recall offhand.

Jeez, this is HARD. At least I knew some of yours; I couldn't get anywhere on Matt's.

[lord-codfish.livejournal.com]

Dammit! (looking at other guesses...) I knew 14 was from Ragtime! Duly, I kick myself.

[dr_whom]

You have added #19 to the list of correct answers! Also, #20 does sound a lot like the same kind of thing as "Stars and the Moon", doesn't it? It's also a really good song, which if you guys don't know you should get from me once its identity is revealed, so then you'll know it.