and the jokes just write themselves
Well, that’s kind of the idea.
Though the OP did specify “making love.”
All the Johann Fux jokes were probably tapped out a few centuries ago. See also: Heinrich Schütz and Samuel Scheidt.
I was hoping for an ISWYDT…
I saw what you did there, Quartz. I saw.
I once sequenced Ravel’s Bolero note by note into notational software. IANAM, but it came out not completely terrible, except for one unfortunate pitch bend I was never able to nail down.
I’ve often wondered, do musicians get, hmm, bored or disinterested when performing Bolero? I’m thinking in particular of the plucking strings and the poor drummers.
The second movement (Larghetto/Romance) of Chopin’s Piano Concerto #1 does it for me. This Zimerman interpretation is astonishing IMO:
at about 23:17
Yeah, either that, or The Ecstasy of Gold by Morricone.
You might consider Erik Satie’s Gymnopedie #1.
Yes. I knew a trumpeter who found it hard to concentrate on his very simple part.
Epic version of Bolero. The best.