Under the Sheets

Under the Sheets

By Lauren PierceArtsPerforming Arts
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Under the Sheets episodes

  • 6. Long Duck

    In this episode, we talk about the infamous riots from the premiere of the Rite of Spring, which starred: Rich People Getting Mad About Things. We also give a glimpse into the badass life and music of triple threat, mom of 4, and composer extraordinaire, Barbara Strozzi (aka the Original Babs).


    Watch the Joffrey Ballet’s restoration of the ballet as it would have been for the 1913 premiere:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8TQH-5Vrhk&t=145s


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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:

    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

    1 hr 27 min
  • 5. Abortion of Your Bunion

    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

    Facebook: facebook.com/babatundehiphopera

    Instagram: @babatunde_hiphopera


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

    Gesualdo:

    • Gesualdopedia
    • Brittanica — "Carlo Gesualdo: Murder, Witchcraft, Choral Music"

      • Brahms/Tchaikovsky:

      • The Indispensable Composers — Anthony Tommasini
      • The War of the Romantipedia
        • 56 min
      • 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

        Facebook: facebook.com/babatundehiphopera

        Instagram: @babatunde_hiphopera


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

        Puccini:

        • The Secret Lives of Great Composers - Elizabeth Lunday
        • The Independent: Scandalissimo!
        • Puccinipedia


          • Haydn:

          • The Indispensable Composers - Anthony Tomassini
          • Haydn, The London Journeys
          • Britannica Biography of Haydn
          • Rebecca Schroeter - Relationship With Haydn
          • Classic FM - Haydn Profile
            • 1 hr 6 min
          • 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

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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"
                  • 57 min
                • 2. Dvořák Doesn't Understand Racism and Schubert's Sloppy Schubertiads

                  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

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                  Instagram: @babatunde_hiphopera


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

                      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

                      Facebook: facebook.com/babatundehiphopera

                      Instagram: @babatunde_hiphopera


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

                      Smyth, Ethel. Memoirs of Ethel Smyth. Verlag Nicht Ermittelbar, 2011.

                      Tommasini, Anthony. Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide. Penguin Books, 2019.

                      Steen, Michael. The Lives and Times of the Great Composers. Icon Books, 2011.

                      Cawthorne, Nigel. Sex Lives of the Great Composers. Prion, 2004.

                      1 hr 1 min

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