magyari Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Of course, there are a lot of pieces, which have some sexual allusions, the best example is the Rite of Spring (as the great master Bernstein said: 'The Rite of Spring is about... sex'). I've heard about a Clitoris-Fantasy (for piano). I have a flute etude which is titled: 'Sighs in the Night' - its about sad-masturbation. But what do YOU think about sex in music? gollam12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 It seems that the best pieces always have a climax, and then another, and then a greater one, and then an even greater one.......and then a cooling off period. Hmmm. :hmmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana69 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I've heard Ravel's Bolero been compared to sex before. I've heard one of Wagner's operas be compared to sex (don't remember wihch one). I've always found Scriabin's 5th sonata to have some sexual overtones to it. A lot of Debussy's music seems drench in sensuality (not just Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun either). I've heard the first movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony be compared to rape... though that seems like a bit of a stretch. Anyway, my point is, I think it's very possible to find sexual parallels in music. Whether or not it means anything though, I doubt it. It's just more pointless music mysticism in my opinion. The older the get, the less I feel the need to describe music in abstract philosophy. It's an interesting topic but one that I don't really think has any actual relevance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magyari Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Okay, but you won't think about Shostakovich's 10th symphony, that that was about sex.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 There is the theory that music is, fundamentally, a sort of glorified mating ritual. Susan McClary also famously claimed that Beethoven's 9th constituted some kind of rape...although rape is not exactly the same thing as sex. I certainly think music can be primal, instinctual and sensual, much like sex. But beyond those surface characteristics, theorizing beyond this point is most likely the domain of academics. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana69 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 It seems that Mahler always have a climax, and then another, and then a greater one, and then an even greater one, and then an even greater one, and then an even greater one, then the climax has a climax.......and then a cooling off period.Hmmm. :hmmm: There. Fixed for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 There. Fixed for you. Indeed. Thank you... :dry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Gently Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Strauss...Symphonia Domestica there's a sex scene in that :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferkungamabooboo Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Is it part of human existence? It is part of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James H. Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 My music abstains. :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana69 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 My music is impotent. :cool: So many posts in this thread that need fixing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I heard this one big band piece where the whole band stopped and they clicked claves together four times and then the singer was like, "wasn't that good?" and man it's more funny actually hearing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qmwne235 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I wrote a Concerto for Two Tubas, Police Siren, Kazoo, and String Orchestra in which the conductor and the concertmaster must copulate and produce specific noises at very high pitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana69 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I wrote a Concerto for Two Tubas, Police Siren, Kazoo, and String Orchestra in which the conductor and the concertmaster must copulate and produce specific noises at very high pitches. That's terrible instrumentation! No polar bear?! And you call yourself a composer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Gorrick Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 It seems that the best pieces always have a climax, and then another, and then a greater one, and then an even greater one.......and then a cooling off period.Hmmm. :hmmm: Golden Ratio or whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Castillo Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I know just the song!! Skip to 2:30 if you don't want to wait. YouTube - Deadmau5 - Hey Baby (Original Mix) It gets even better towards the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rautavaara Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Ad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YC26 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Geeze, I'd actually bring something up... within the field of new musicology. But.. that'd just be "shot down," by expert adolescents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Geeze, I'd actually bring something up... within the field of new musicology.But.. that'd just be "shot down," by expert adolescents. Silly Corbin, don't you know that teenagers know everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YC26 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 My bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qmwne235 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 And once again, Corbin proves how extraordinarily helpful he is. That's terrible instrumentation! No polar bear?! And you call yourself a composer. That's what the second tuba is for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirion Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I've heard one of Wagner's operas be compared to sex (don't remember wihch one). I think you are refering to the love duet from Tristan und Isolde, where there allegedly have been included musical representations of seven simultaneous orgasms... talking about some love, are we? :toothygrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYS65 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I'm sure some of those sex-composition associations are imagine by people, ... what the composer really wanted to mean ?... sometimes is a mystery. Although other associations are very clear indeed. for me an Orchestral Score is a wonderful world where to hide things,... is fascinating. That's terrible instrumentation! I wouldn't say terrible,... funny is.... .... what about a trio for "Typing Machine", "Vacuum cleaner", "Hammer Drill", ....interesting ? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magyari Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Well, Shostakovich's 10th symphony was composed in 1953, when Stalin died.. the 2nd movement (which is a furious march, or something like that, where the 'death comes' -- Bb minor, which is the darkest key) has the Stalin-theme, in the opinion of nowadays. And of course the D Eb C H (B) theme, which is the signature of Shostakovich appears everywhere.. That is a really good piece :) Anyway, I'm happy, that I could make a thread which is interesting for you, if my pieces are not :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 [off topic] ... Bb minor, which is the darkest key... ... what? Actually....don't answer that. [/off topic] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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