Bach's Bungalow

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calyptorhynchus

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March 14, 2026, 02:23:53 AM
And I've just been listening to this:



There's a lot of cool stuff on these discs, alongside a lot of flattery of various royals, it must be admitted.

Who would have thought that Bach would have written an aria in which a man (Ok, a god, Phoebus), expresses his love for a man (Hyacinth)? (Disc 9, Track 5).



'Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth.' Robert Burton

'...is it not strange that sheepes guts should hale soules out of mens bodies?' Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing
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