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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000013.txt from 2004/02

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:51:44 -0500

"Tchaikovsky thought of committing suicide for fear of being discovered as a
homosexual, but today, if you are a composer and not homosexual, you might as
well put a bullet through your head."

-Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) Founder of Ballets Russes
quoted in Vernon Duke, Listen Here! (1963)