Stephen Bacher, quoting me:

>>He makes us glad we can accompany him to Maxime's.
>
>This is, is it not, a reference to the tune "We're going to Maxim's",
>which was the inspiration for the infamous theme from Shostakovich's 7th
>Symphony (and then appropriated in turn by Bartok in the Concerto for
>Orchestra)?

It is indeed.  It became such a popular tune that more serious composer
parodied it.

Scott Morrison