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"As far as substitutes go, I guess it's all right.... But I know it won't taste the same!"

Too soon?

Better than a cup of joe on a cool autumn morning, Herbert von Karajan leads the Berliner Philharmoniker in a rousing interpretation of Carl Maria von Weber's overture to Euryanthe

Carl Michael Ziehrer's "From the Danube to the Spree" from 1900

Waldteufel78 performs "Samt und Seide" (Velvet and Silk) from Carl Michael Ziehrer's operetta Der Fremdenführer (The Vagabond). A rendering like this shows how late-era waltzes smoothly contributed to the formation of Ragtime in the 1890s (in Saint Louis, its birthplace. The first Rag was printed there in 1896).

What virtuoso playing! Break-neck tempo too

Since we had Lehàr last time, now for his rival Franz von Suppé. Jonathan Scott's arrangement and performance of the Dichter und Bauer overture for organ. Bach, eat your heart out

Franz Lehàr - Wiener Frauen Overture The writing starting at min. 4:00 is so modern in harmony; amazing orchestral control as well

"But apparently not as exciting as looking at meat!"

So true. All this time I thought "Bob-it" was the important bit . . . 🤣

frangipani (Italian) is actually the original pastry cream (or, crem pat, as Brits like to call it, hehe), and is thickened with a fine almond meal instead of the later, cheaper-to-use, flour. Or the common pastry cream today you'll encounter in donut shops thickened with corn starch. The pani means cream, as in panna cotta (cooked cream). Catherine de' Medici is credited with bringing frangipani (FRANG-gee-pahn-nee) to France in the 16th century (although, naturally, it would have been her chefs who achieved this honor), and the French promptly spelled it wrong as frangipane (frAn-JEE-pan). But it remains to this day as one of the glories of le grand cuisine classic, wonderfully paired with fruit in tarts, such as poires Bourdaloue Here's one I baked last year, right around this time _

Kurt Weill Youkali

"Amen."

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I'm thinking @W_L for either The Egg Stone or Unchained . . . . And @Cole Matthews for River City, AND I guess the river in question is the Mississippi And @drsawzall for Searching for God . . . . And maybe @Comicality for The Case of Cloud Rider . . . . Maybe @astone2292 for Adrift . . . . Perhaps @Mrsgnomie for Learned to Lie . . . Mayhaps @Myr for Life of a Pet . . . . And @Valkyrie for Baring My Soul . . . . I think that's all of them, although given in dribs and drabs

I think The Book of Poems has @Mancunian's stamp of meticulous research on it, but I could be wrong

Mentioned, but not for that story

Just because I haven't seen their name mentioned yet, I'm venturing to state that 14,000 Days of Virtue is by signature author @northie

. . . but wait, Oliver Smith does not seem to have any English connections . . . Oliver Smith Wow. I'm learning so much; partners with W. H. Auden; wow. See: http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/klmno/Oliver Smith.html

Okay, furthering the list [Nothing I state here is controversial and can be easily cross-referenced in Stern (2009)] Cary Grant (Randolph Scott's partner) Danny Kaye (FWB with Lawrence Olivier) Randolph Scott (Cary Grant's partner) Stephen Sondheim (not out in 1982?! Whaaaaat, lol. Shocking.) Salvador Dalí (Lorca's partner in the 1920s) Maurice Sendak (thanks @Dhpiet77!) John Ashbury (thanks @Ron!) Barbara Stanwyck ("Babs? Who's Babs!" -- you have to be a real radio geek to get this) Leonard Bernstein (Farley Granger's partner before either "made it big") Rock Hudson (not out [in public] till 1985) Cheryl Crawford (thanks @Bill W!) See: http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/ch-d-e/Cheryl Crawford.html Andre de Shields (thanks @LemonSoda!) Tom Tryon (Partners with adult-film star Casey Donovan. After giving up acting, Tryon became a bestselling author) Eva Le Gallienne (long relationships with both Mercedes de Costa and Tallulah Bankhead) Cesar Romero (long-time piner for- and one-time hook-up with- Desi Arnaz: source: Romero in an interview) Hildegarde [Loretta Sell] (thanks @Bill W!) See: http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/fghij/Hildegarde.html O. S. English stage designer????

Wonderful! I see Elisa Rolle, a very reliable source, has both Hildegarde and Cheryl Crawford on her list. So I'm sold! Major kisses!

Okay, furthering the list [Nothing I state here is controversial and can be easily cross-referenced in Stern (2009)] Cary Grant (Randolph Scott's partner) Danny Kaye (FWB with Lawrence Olivier) Randolph Scott (Cary Grant's partner) Stephen Sondheim (not out in 1982?! Whaaaaat, lol. Shocking.) Salvador Dalí (Lorca's partner in the 1920s) Maurice Sendak (thanks @Dhpiet77!) John Ashbury (thanks @Ron!) Barbara Stanwyck ("Babs? Who's Babs!" -- you have to be a real radio geek to get this) Leonard Bernstein (Farley Granger's partner before either "made it big") Rock Hudson (not out [in public] till 1985) C. C. American theatrical producer (!!!!???/?!!!!!/////!) what? who? where? How am I supposed to know about producers?! And ideas, folks? Andre de Shields (thanks @LemonSoda!) Tom Tryon (Partners with adult-film star Casey Donovan. After giving up acting, Tryon became a bestselling author) Eva Le Gallienne (long relationships with both Mercedes de Costa and Tallulah Bankhead) Cesar Romero (long-time piner for- and one-time hook-up with- Desi Arnaz: source: Romero in an interview) H. American singer (!!!!???/?!!!!!/////!) what? How can I not know a pop-star (I'm assuming) going by a single name? All I keep thinking of is "Halston" lol --- HELP!!!

Yes, and when you've been outed in print by the likes Winston Churchill (who outed himself in the process, lol), the cat's officially not going back in the bag! You should get Greif's book; it's a treasure

More of Maayan Licht's performance as Vinci's Alexander the Great. Giant, honking phallus, anyone . . . ? lol