Karl Miller writes in response to Olivier's Solanet's "Communication:

>Tchaikovsky was a very troubled man with problems related
>to his sexuality,

I too used to think that Tchaikovsky had sexual identity problems but
after reading Alexander Poznansky's biography "Tchaikovsky, The Quest
for the Inner Man" the author points out Tchaikovsky did not commit
suicide because he was homosexual and that he was about to be outed.
Instead, he actually died of cholera because he accidently drank the
tainted water.  Rumors abound in history that he was a unhappy homosexual,
but I don't know of any factual evidence that he was that unhappy.  Maybe
someone can make some historical reference as to his troubled state.
Maybe he was just as comfortable with his sexuality as say Oscar Wilde
was?

Who knows?  Do we?

Regards,
ED

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