by Steven
A few days ago a thought came into my mind: the classical music world is full of Plain Janes and Average Joes. To illustrate my point go on Youtube and watch a full orchestra perform. Try to pick out the attractive guys (or gals) in the group. You’re lucky if you’re able to find 3 hotties out of a group of around 80 musicians. For whatever reason, this is just how it is in the classical world. I then challenged myself to find good-looking well known composers of the classical world. I scoured the internet for images of well known composers and I was only able to find 4 composers that I consider attractive. Yes, only 4 out of about 500 years of music. Also, the funny thing about these 4 is that they’re all gay (well one is still debated by musicologists but I’m pretty sure he’s queer). I guess the stereotype that gay men are better looking than their straight counterparts holds true here. Here are the 4 composers that I found: Continue reading
