Jon Johanning <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I believe we have touched on this subject with reference to music before,
>in connection with such questions as whether one can hear homosexuality in
>the works of such composers as Tchaikovsky; my opinion is that one can't.
>And I would say, as a generalization, that one can't tell the difference in
>sexual orientation in the work of performers, either.

And I agree!  To those who claim they hear a difference, I always wanted
to know; where is the difference? - Is it in a certain chord? or a certain
note? or a certain phrase? I am pretty sure, and some should listen to
that, that Tjajkovskijs "Pathetique" would have sounded the same if he had
not been a homosexual, Richthers Rachmaninov would have been the same even
if he had loved women.

James Zehm
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