What About that Man Tchaikovsky?

Tchaikovsky, like mankind described by St. Paul in Romans (chapter 7), was a notoriously difficult man when it came to matters of the heart.  After marrying one of his students, Antonina Miliukova, he immediately realized that wedded life was not for him.  He said: “There’s no doubt that for some months on end I was a bit insane and only now, when I’m completely recovered, have I learned to relate objectively to everything which I did during my brief insanity.”

Tchaikovsky didn’t have an easy time of it. He suffered from depression throughout his life, after his mother died in 1854 and his 13-year relationship with Nadezhda von Meck collapsed.

There is much speculation surrounding Tchaikovsky’s death in 1893. It happened only nine days after he conducted the premiere of his Symphony No. 6 (one of his most impassioned works), but differing sources attribute it to cholera, his drinking and smoking.  Some suspect suicide.

Hmmm:

So Tchaikovsky was a fag And we owe him, then, some tribute Give chastity the boot That’s what they say today: From the Law run away! Do your own kind of thing A gay song to sing! Ah, we’re all born in sin With perverse and wicked hearts!

No! But from this way we turn So we don’t have to burn. We’re not ruled by a musician, But by the Great Physician! We don’t follow any old tune. He’s coming back soon And you best not be the flirt Playing in all that filth and dirt.

8 June, 2021