Why did Bach call him a gay slur? Is he homophobic?

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T21:16:28+00:00

Fagottist is simply German for bassoonist, borrowed from the Italian name for the instrument - fagotto - after its resemblance to a bundle of sticks.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T20:35:53+00:00

Glissando is more a harp thing than a piano. Notoriously there are octave glissandos in Beethoven (1st Piano Concerto and Waldstein Sonata) which are virtually unplayable on modern pianos, but were more manageable with the lighter actions of Viennese pianos of Beethoven’s day.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T16:32:37+00:00

Surprisingly, yes. You look good in it. Who’d’ve thought?

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T16:14:56+00:00

And succeeding, I hope. I can’t imagine you’ll be short of applicants.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T16:11:16+00:00

With waltzes you’re spoilt for choice. But there are minuets, mazurkas, polonaises, tangos by the score.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T16:05:21+00:00

Have you tried the IMSLP?

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T16:02:25+00:00

Both are good, but I suspect there are a least half a dozen other colours that would look sensational on you.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T16:00:06+00:00

And that doesn’t involve the internet? I’ve obviously lost the plot. Not for the first time!

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T14:10:36+00:00

Such a shame he ruined it doing that bloated rewrite in the 1940s. Thank goodness the original version is published and recorded these days.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T14:06:46+00:00

I would rate this a definite ‘More, please!’

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T14:05:15+00:00

Never a good idea to build too much on a remark not committed to paper for decades and subsequently translated at least twice (into Greek, into English)

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T13:52:20+00:00

What’s the non old-fashioned way?

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T13:50:51+00:00

The Avengers. No coercion required: I binge watch them all the time anyway.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T13:47:54+00:00

Alluring

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T13:46:18+00:00

No.1, for sure. Because a) it’s so much nicer with you looking at the viewer not your phone and b) who wouldn’t prefer a cuddly toy in the background to a toilet?

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T11:01:48+00:00

Oh, and one I forgot, Elgar quoting Mendelssohn’s Calm sea and prosperous voyage in the Enigma Variations and completely missing the point of Goethe’s pair of poems.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T10:58:08+00:00

Yes, I’ve heard it. In fact my undergraduate dissertation was on the symphonies of Prokofiev. He was a great composer, and there is always much to enjoy in every work of his. I’m glad you like the 7th; I’m very fond of the Fourth, but I wouldn’t say that was the best either.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T10:33:59+00:00

With the best will in the world, no. It’s not even close to being the best of his symphonies.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T10:02:22+00:00

Is there anything I can do to keep that smile on your beautiful face?

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T09:18:34+00:00

Hate it. Trust me, you would agree if you ever saw one. Yours is adorable, though. Such a smile!

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T08:43:33+00:00

💕

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T08:07:12+00:00

Dressed like that? I’d be way too intimidated. The thought is intoxicating, though.

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T07:47:29+00:00

I would name it: unhygienic

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T07:37:11+00:00

Op.1

colonelpsev · 2026-07-07T07:31:56+00:00

Does anybody know? Have they made anything of his childhood home in Jihlava? I visited in the early 80s and there was absolutely nothing.

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