There's been no time for sex and sexuality research the last few days as I prepare bit of work on autobiographies. Here's a video a like though. The boy is cute, but I think I like the cat even better.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Tretter Day: Classical Music
Gay Men and Classical Music: 2
Tchaikovsky
Year after year, the music of Russian composer Pyotr Ilytch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) continues to attract listeners who like romantic sounds that remind us of the greatness and eternity of the universe, as well as the inner turmoil and pain of a tortured soul. Tchaikovsky was also the first famously gay composer -- "outed" in a tall tale of seduction and suicide.
Tchaikovsky
Year after year, the music of Russian composer Pyotr Ilytch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) continues to attract listeners who like romantic sounds that remind us of the greatness and eternity of the universe, as well as the inner turmoil and pain of a tortured soul. Tchaikovsky was also the first famously gay composer -- "outed" in a tall tale of seduction and suicide.
Behold! A fifty-year-old Tchaikovsky with a young man of just the sort that got him into so much trouble. Is it any wonder young men of taste all over the world still prefer Symphony #6, PathetÃque? 
Moscow 1958: tall, Texan and so beautiful, 23-year-old Van Cliburn takes his talents over the Iron Curtain to become the first American to win the Tchaikovsky competition. Seen around the world shaking Kruschev's hand, the young man proved that Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 could bring the United States and the USSR together for mutual appreciation of beauty and refinement.
Moscow 1958: tall, Texan and so beautiful, 23-year-old Van Cliburn takes his talents over the Iron Curtain to become the first American to win the Tchaikovsky competition. Seen around the world shaking Kruschev's hand, the young man proved that Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 could bring the United States and the USSR together for mutual appreciation of beauty and refinement.
Charles Calrson
For once, our university's newspaper, The Minnesota Daily, gets a real, honest-to-goodness scoop:
Student to drop from City Council race, lied about past (Minnesota Daily)
Yowza! This one guy that both my boyfriend A. and I know (and in A.'s case, has worked with!) has just been exposed for several major whoppers he's told over the course of the last year. Both of us are feeling a really weird mixture of emotions, because we both knew Charles was headed toward a bad end, but we were completely duped by his tall tales and had no suspicion that he might actually be living in another world altogether.
Mr. Norris in Minnesota
Earlier last year, A. read a volume of short fiction by Christopher Isherwood. And I really have to give him credit, from almost the day he cracked open the book, he was convinced that Charles was a real-life Minnesota version of Mr. Norris. How true that turned out to be!
I, for one, don't hold any of the deception against Charles. I'm even sort of grateful to him for the whole show. What an amazing accent he has!
Student to drop from City Council race, lied about past (Minnesota Daily)
Yowza! This one guy that both my boyfriend A. and I know (and in A.'s case, has worked with!) has just been exposed for several major whoppers he's told over the course of the last year. Both of us are feeling a really weird mixture of emotions, because we both knew Charles was headed toward a bad end, but we were completely duped by his tall tales and had no suspicion that he might actually be living in another world altogether.
Earlier last year, A. read a volume of short fiction by Christopher Isherwood. And I really have to give him credit, from almost the day he cracked open the book, he was convinced that Charles was a real-life Minnesota version of Mr. Norris. How true that turned out to be!
I, for one, don't hold any of the deception against Charles. I'm even sort of grateful to him for the whole show. What an amazing accent he has!
Cosi fan ...Fruity?
All Tutte are Like That.
So I'm working on a big gay classical music panel to represent the Tretter collections.There's all kinds of weird stuff, like the program to a "Schwuler" (gay) setting of Mozart's opera Cosi fan Tutte.
What sort of woman will make a pledge to love someone forever but, fail to remain faithful? Cosi fan Tutte means "all women are like that." For a 2003 Berlin production of the opera, six guys were cast, three in the roles normally given to men and three in the roles normally given to women. The whole translation was moved into the world of contemporary Berlin with its stylish flats and "discotechs."
So I'm working on a big gay classical music panel to represent the Tretter collections.There's all kinds of weird stuff, like the program to a "Schwuler" (gay) setting of Mozart's opera Cosi fan Tutte.
What sort of woman will make a pledge to love someone forever but, fail to remain faithful? Cosi fan Tutte means "all women are like that." For a 2003 Berlin production of the opera, six guys were cast, three in the roles normally given to men and three in the roles normally given to women. The whole translation was moved into the world of contemporary Berlin with its stylish flats and "discotechs."
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