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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 Like us, follow us, and email us! FB: facebook.com/UnderTheSheetsPodcast Insta: @underthesheetspodcast Email: underthesheetspodcast@gmail.com 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: 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 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/underthesheets/support