Morse Code and Music

[eram]

The theme tune to the TV programme Inspector Morse spells out the word 'Morse' in Morse Code. Does anyone know of other tunes with hidden codes?

[horseman]

During the Second World War the BBC news was preceded with the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth played on a kettle drum - because the beats are the same at the Morse Code for 'V', and so the broadcasts were seen to be sending out the message 'V for Victory'. And composer Ronnie Hazlehurst, who wrote loads of TV theme tunes, spelled out the words Some Mot(h)ers Do Have 'Em (the 'h' is missing) in the theme tune of Michael Crawford programme. There must be more - and I be fascinated to hear about them.

[Ape]

I heard that the beginning of Holst's 'Mars' from The Planets Suite, was also Morse code, but never worked out what it spelled.

[daveking08]

If my memory serves the code in the "Morse" theme tune actually spells out his first name which was a matter of some debate at one time. Im not sure of the spelling but his name is "Endeavour". I dont know of any other instances.

[Lindsey]

Elgar's 'Enigma Variations' is also supposed to have an hidden theme running through the movements, but no-one has ever found it, although there has been lots of (quite dull) scholarly debate on the subject.

[mrandiegow]

Ronnie Hazlehurst was challenged by the writer of the Michael Crawford sitcom 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em', Raymond Allen, to make the theme tune spell out the title in Morse code. And it does, not counting the apostrophes. THAT was a while coming, wasn't it...

[drakesteele]

The pattern of mores in the beginning of the song "Mars, Bringer of War" from Holst's Planets suite goes as follows.

taptaptaptap, tap, tap-tap-tap....

Timing suggests .... . ---, (HEO)

But the staccato beat could make them all dit rather than dah, so then it would be: .... . ... (HES)

Either way, not sure what it would mean, but this pattern repeats in the background of the piece.

"dit-dit-dit-dit, dit, dit dit dit.... dit-dit-dit-dit, dit, dit dit dit..."

[drakesteele]

(Apologies - that doesn't answer the main question - I found the second part about the Mars piece while searching google and responded before I realized his wasn't on topic. (D'oH.)