David Runnion wrote: >I also think a lot of people who like wallpaper music, that is, put >on a disc not to listen to it actively but to have as background noise >while they cook/meditate/nap/copulate, like the river-of-music >element of baroque instrumental music and the shifting peacefulness >of early choral music. I don't find any classical music particularly congenial for romantic interludes. My wife would just keep laughing to choral music. But, do check out Indian music; much of it has a "pulse" that blows away the musical competition. Don Satz [log in to unmask]