Under the Sheets

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Theme music:

“Nessun Dorma,” originally composed by Giacomo Puccini, from the opera "Turandot"

Arranged and recorded by Babatunde Akinboboye

5. Abortion of Your Bunion

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We can’t promise facts, but we can give you our sources:

Rite of Spring:

Stravinskypedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky

The Rite of Springipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring

Stravinsky, In Pictures and Documents — Vera Stravinsky and Robert Craft — https://www.amazon.com/Stravinsky-Pictures-Documents-Vera/dp/0091380006

The Rite of Spring: The Music of Modernity by Gillian Moore — https://www.amazon.com/Rite-Spring-Landmark-Library/dp/1786696827

Barbara Strozzi

Classic FM: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/barbara-strozzi/

Strozzipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Strozzi

6 years ago

1 hour 26 minutes 7 seconds

Under the Sheets

This week, we tell the story of composer, murderer extraordinaire, and only known employer of Beating Servants, Carlo Gesualdo, as well as a sweet story about the quasi-friendship/musical relationship between Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

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Theme music:

“Nessun Dorma,” originally composed by Giacomo Puccini, from the opera "Turandot"

Arranged and recorded by Babatunde Akinboboye

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We can’t promise facts, but we can give you our sources:

Gesualdo:

Brahms/Tchaikovsky:

6 years ago

55 minutes 26 seconds

Under the Sheets

4. Levels of Hoebaggery

In this episode, Lauren and AliceAnn discuss the racy soap opera story of Puccini’s affair(s), as well as Papa Haydn’s infidelity. Is one more excusable than the other? Let’s find out.

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Theme music:

“Nessun Dorma,” originally composed by Giacomo Puccini, from the opera "Turandot"

Arranged and recorded by Babatunde Akinboboye

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We can’t promise facts, but we can give you our sources:

Puccini:

Haydn:

6 years ago

1 hour 5 minutes 39 seconds

Under the Sheets

3. The Thirst Calendar

AliceAnn tells the adorable and awkward story of how Rachmaninov attempted to woo his composer crush, Igor Stravinsky, into friendship….which instead sort of creeped Igor out. Lauren discusses Austrian composer, music theorist, and country bumpkin, Anton Bruckner, and some of his weird obsessions.

Full sources are below, but here are a couple of things we talked about in this episode:

“The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner”
If you haven’t listened to Symphonie Fantastique, go do it right now. It’s only 7 hours long.

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Theme music:

“Nessun Dorma,” originally composed by Giacomo Puccini, from the opera "Turandot"

Arranged and recorded by Babatunde Akinboboye

2. Dvořák Doesn't Understand Racism and Schubert's Sloppy Schubertiads

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We can’t promise facts, but we can give you our sources:

Bruckner:

Brucknerpedia
Violinist.Com, “I Hate Bruckner, Part I”
Crazytown Blog, Offbeats: Anton Bruckner

Stravinsky + Rocky:

Stravinskipedia
Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff: A Comparative Study of Their Musical Ideologies
The Poke: This Tale of 2 Composers Went Viral Because it Made People Feel Better About Their Own Social Skills
The San Francisco Symphony: Michael Steinberg, "A Doorbell Rings in Hollywood"

6 years ago

56 minutes 37 seconds

Under the Sheets

Welcome back to our second episode of Under the Sheets! This week’s hot gossip includes Antonín Dvořák and Franz Schubert. First up, we talk about Czech composer Dvorak’s time in the United States -- how he got there, what he did, how he totally didn’t understand racial inequality, or the importance of a good libretto to an opera. Dvorak didn’t quite “get” a lot of things, but he was a hero to the Czech people and he composed music that is really pretty. In the words of "Parks and Recreation's" Donna Meagle, “Mm [Dvorak]. You’re fine but you’re simple.”

Later, AliceAnn tells us about Schubert and his parties that he named after himself, Schubertiads, where all sorts of crazy and weird and probably awkward things happened. Schubert, the Little Mushroom of Our Hearts <3

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Theme music:

“Nessun Dorma,” originally composed by Giacomo Puccini, from the opera "Turandot"

Arranged and recorded by Babatunde Akinboboye

1. Ethel Smyth Was a Crab & Johannes Brahms Was an Eagle

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We can’t promise facts, but we can give you our sources:

Dvorak:

Steen, Michael. The Lives and Times of the Great Composers. Icon Books, 2011.
Lunday, Elizabeth, and Mario Zucca. Secret Lives of Great Composers: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the Worlds Musical Masters. Quirk Books, 2009.

Schubert:

Tommasini, Anthony. Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide. Penguin Books, 2019.
Cawthorne, Nigel. Sex Lives of the Great Composers. Prion, 2004.
“Franz Schubert.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Sept. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert
“Schubertiade.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Mar. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schubertiade
“The 10 Greatest Gay Composers: Mardi Gras Special!” Limelight, www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/the-10-greatest-gay-composers-mardi-gras-special
“Supremely Happy Hours.” Gay Love Letters through the Centuries: Franz Schubert, http://rictornorton.co.uk/schubert.htm

6 years ago

51 minutes 2 seconds

Under the Sheets

Welcome to our very first episode of Under the Sheets! This is the show where we talk about all of the hot gossip about your favorite classical music composers. In this episode, we explore english composer Ethel Smyth and her racy affair with (gasp!) Virginia Woolf. Later, we talk about German composer and homewrecker extraordinaire Johannes Brahms and his weirdass love triangle with the Schumanns.

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Theme music:

“Nessun Dorma,” originally composed by Giacomo Puccini, from the opera "Turandot"

Arranged and recorded by Babatunde Akinboboye