Happy Valentines month! Here is another programme work that I prefer to Symphonie Fantastique :)

Take a note of the number of times I mention Tchaikovsky despite him having literally nothing to do with this story.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Maddocks, F "Rachmaninoff In Exile: Goodbye Russia" | Poznansky, A "Tchaikovsky: A Life Reconsidered" | Steinberg, M "The Concerto: A Listener's Guide"

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Block, A.F. (2000). Amy Beach: Passionate Victorian | Block, A. F. (1994). A “Veritable Autobiography”? Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, op. 45. The Musical Quarterly, 78(2), 395–416. http://www.jstor.org/stable/742549 | Rushing, K. C. (2000). Amy Beach's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45: A historical, stylistic, and analytical study. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College.

TW: References to sexual harassment and misogyny. The Snow Maiden being aromantic is my new favourite headcanon.

I love egregious use of the wind section!!!

TW: Suicide mention

I really wish rich people started keeping artists as pets again.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: POZNANSKY, A. (1998). Tchaikovsky: A Life Reconsidered. In L. KEARNEY (Ed.), Tchaikovsky and His World (pp. 3–54). | Tchaikovsky's letters (as found on http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Letters)

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Berlioz, H "Symphonie Fantastique Programme Notes: 1845 Edition" | Berlioz, H "Symphonie Fantastique Programme Notes: 1855 Edition" | Codeine Monograph for professionals. (n.d.). Drugs.com. | "Documentation of a heroin manufacturing process in Afghanistan. BULLETIN ON NARCOTICS, Volume LVII, Nos. 1 and 2, 2005" (PDF). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | Lembke A (2016). Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop. | "Opioid Drug" Science Daily. (2021) | Opium - Alcohol and Drug foundation. (n.d.). https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/opium/ | Shahabifar, Ali et al. "Comparing Time Perception among Morphine-Derived Drugs Addicts and Controls"

Fun game: count how many times I make noises of sheer exhaustion and disappointment in this episode. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Berlioz, Hector "Memoirs" | Lockspeiser, Edward, et al. “Unpublished Letters of Harriet Smithson and Berlioz.” The Musical Times, vol. 79, no. 1150 | Raby, Peter "Fair Ophelia: a life of Harriet Smithson Berlioz"

Fun game: count every time I chastize Haydn's existence in this one. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brown, Rachel “Telemann Fantasias: a feat of ingenuity and inspiration” | Min, KyoungJoo. Analyses of the twelve fantasies for solo flute (1732-1733) and the twelve fantasies for solo violin (1735) of G. Ph. Telemann (with suggestions for performance). | Zohn, Steven David “Music For A Mixed Taste” 

Enemies to lovers, speedrun, 100k, comfort/hurt.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Banks, Paul "Mahler." The Musical Times 129, no. 1739 | Barry, Barbara R. "The Hidden Program In Mahler's Fifth Symphony" The Musical Quarterly, vol. 77, no. 1 | Kravitt, Edward F. "Mahler's Dirges for His Death: Februrary 24, 1901" The Musical Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 3, 1978 | Mahler, Alma "Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters"