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Erotic music

Posted: 22/10/12 02:47 | 6 Comments

There seems little doubt in my mind that the two major stimuli to the creative activity of our greatest composers are sex and death. Perhaps they are linked; they are closely allied in the natural world. Plants not only devise remarkable methods of procreation, but can spring as vigorously from natural disasters and chemical warfare […]