Some kind of odd cross between a plotbunny and a conspiracy theory.

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Has anyone else noticed that a lot of composers, especially Romantics/post-Romantics, use a certain four-beat rhythm? Being a singer who often does opera and oratorio, I could easily bring to mind several passages in oratorio and opera (the Verdi Requiem's Dies Irae, for example), and my Music History class has brought up several others. Tchaikovsky especially seems to love this rhythm. It's everywhere in his work, especially towards the end of Swan Lake and in the final movement of Pathetique.

And then there's Bolero. Ohh, Bolero. You know, that Ravel piece that everyone knows and probably hates? Yeah, I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but it became popular because an eighties movie called, I believe, 10 (*points and coughs*) had a character who said it was a good song to have sex to and then it was played during a sex scene. (I learned this in Music History. It's a fun class.) There is a beat of four played in the snare drum for the entire. Song. This has done interesting things to my headcanon.

So I'm wondering if anyone has done anything with music with that rhythm and Doctor/Master and/or if there are any conspiracy theories regarding certain Romantic/post-Romantic composers and the Master? If not, would anyone care to use any plotbunnies that arise from this post to create some? They aren't really formed in my mind and I have no idea what kind of fic I would even write about this, but... yeah.