Romeo and Juliet

Tchaikovsky's "Love Theme" from his Romeo and Juliet Overture. You've all heard it even if you don't know you have. It's that swell of music that sweeps in during every cheesy romantic scene in almost every movie. I randomly heard this piece today, which got me thinking about it. It really is a lovely piece of music. It's beautiful. It's such a shame that it's associated with so much kitsch in our popular culture. I so terribly wish there was something we could do to change that. Do yourself a favor and listen to the whole piece - it's definitely worth your time. But if you don't have ten minutes and fifty-five seconds to spare right now, skip ahead to seven minutes and forty-five seconds to hear the part that has been so wrongly (in my opinion, at least) associated with cheesy romance.

Also, in the play when Juliet says, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?", she's not asking him where he is. She's lamenting the fact that he's a Montague and she a Capulet.