BRNDNBRG

BRNDNBRG aka Brndnbrg, BRNDNBRG.MID or Brandenburg is a midi file that came with installing Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions. It can only be found in Windows 3.0.

It is a classical-styled midi file and was composed in 1990 by Passport Designs.

The song lasts for 51 seconds (0:51). It plays at 80 BPM.

On Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions, with Tandy Demo Utilities when going into the Multimedia Application Demos, and then into Entertainment, and then into Music for Multimedia: Passport, it will load up a Passport Multimedia Music Demo with a midi Jukebox; BRNDNBRG will be one of the midi files featured, and there, it has its full name, "Brandenburg".

Sadly, it is not played in the video.

Video Evidence of Passport Design's Windows 3.0 Multimedia Jukebox here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN7wICVD30o&t=250.

Strangely, the midi file was composed one year before most of the other Passport Designs Windows 3.0 MME midis.

Instruments
String Ensemble 1

Harpsichord

Violin

Baritone Sax

Tenor Sax

Alto Sax

Comments (Midi Information)
C1-P49-Viola da Braccio I

C1-P49-Viola da Braccio II

C1-P49-Viola da Gamba I

C1-P49-Viola da Gamba II

C1-P49-Violoncello

C1-P49-Violone

C2-P7-Cembalo

C3-P41-Viola da Braccio 1

C3-P41-Viola da Braccio 2

© Copyright 1990

Listen to Midi
Since the midi file was designed to run on an OPL soundcard such as an OPL3, the midi file will sound drastically different on newer versions of Windows and Emulators since they use a Roland Wavetable General Midi soundcard.

(Note: If you're using Google Chrome or Opera, the midi file will download instead)

Listen to BRNDNBRG.mid: http://soundblaster16.net/midi-b/BRNDNBRG.MID

Mirror Link 1 (Wayback Machine Mirror): https://archive.org/download/win3.0midi/BRNDNBRG.MID

Mirror Link 2: https://sites.google.com/site/musiccurios/downloads/Windows%203.0%20with%20Multimedia%20Extensions%20MIDIs.zip?attredirects=0&d=1 - Note: The .mid file is in a .zip folder with other Windows 3.0 midi files.

Last Resort Mirror Links
If all the links above are broken, these Archive.org mirror links are most likely to work. However, using right-click to download the midis results in the file becoming corrupted upon download. They can only be saved by left-clicking on them.

Archive Link 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20200402195612/http://soundblaster16.net/midi-b/BRNDNBRG.MID

Archive Link 2: Archive of Music Curios' link - Note: The .mid file is in a .zip folder with other Windows 3.0 midi files.

Other Soundcards
Note: The OPL3 (Soundblaster 16) version is the original version of BRNDNBRG. This is what the midi file used to sound like on older versions of Windows.

Microsoft GS/GM Wavetable Synth (Default Soundcard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqYsayX1tc0

OPL3 (Soundblaster 16) - Original Version: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

OPL3 SB16 Voyetra SuperSAPI: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Gravis Ultrasound: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Sound Blaster AWE64: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Yamaha YMF724: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

DOSMID (MS-DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW26apuGurE&t=146s

Apple Mac: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Midi Devices
Roland SC-55: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Roland SC-88: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Roland SC-8820: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQ3Vuq7USk&t=1396s

Roland SC-8820 & Integra-7 (Instrument assignment modified (Sax to Strings)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQ3Vuq7USk&t=1513s

Yamaha MU80 MIDI Device: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Roland MT-32 (MUNT): Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Keyboards
Korg MicroARRANGER Keyboard: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Yamaha PSR-S950: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Phones
Nokia x3-00 Phone: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Remixes of BRNDNBRG.mid
Sorry, no remixes of this midi file exist yet...