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Sylvan continued from page twenty-seven

have also been widely
praised.

The baritone has worked
with extensively with orches-
tras and chamber ensembles
from around the world.
Among them have been the
London Sinfonietta, the New
York Philharmonic, the
Cleveland Orchestra, the

Boston Symphony, Japan’s

NHK, the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Germany’s
NDR, and the Orchestra of
the Age of Enlightenment, the
Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center, Ensemble
Sequentia, and Boston’s
Emmanuel Music.

But the graduate of the
Manhattan School of Music
is also known for his commit-

ment to vocal recital. With
long-time collaborative
pianist David Breitman,
Sylvan has given close to 200
such intimate performances
in cities such as New York,
London, San Francisco,
Washington, and Boston. His
debut recital album, Beloved
That Pilgrimage — a program
of America music by Barber,
Copland and Chanler — was
nominated for a Grammy for

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Washington insiders knew
exactly what kind of relation-
ship Old Buck had with
“Nancy” King. Of course, who
wants to embrace the weak,
ineffectual Buchanan as our
first gay Chief ' Executive?
Most historians would like to
forget he was Chief Executive
at all.

What ol it?

Kramer’s motives are
understandable. In his speech
(as excerpted in a later
Advocate commentary), he
points out that it could be
proven that Lincoln was gay;
this “essential truth” could
“radically alter how gay peo-
ple are accepted in this coun-
try...”

But his view of history, of
the role of the historian, is

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flawed. In an article in the
April issue of Salon, he is
quoted as saying, “So much of
the history that is shoveled into
the world is bullshit — we real-
ly have to invent our own.”

He’s right: most of the his-
tory shoveled into the world
right now is bullshit —’because
people invent their own. With
postmodern rhetoric preaching
the impossibility of ever
knowing the past with any
kind of certainty, history has
become an adjunct of fiction.
This invites historians and
writers to impose themselves
on their narrative — to lead the
evidence rather than allow
themselves to be led by it.

There’s nothing wrong with
posing a provocative question,
provided you answer it honest-
ly... even if it isn’t the answer
you would prefer. To distort a
person’s life story to make a
political point is disrespectful
to the subject, and ultimately
damaging to the very cause
you hold clear. A history based
on lies is worse than no history
at all.

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was one of the underpinnings
of segregation.

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rights movement, there was a
cabal of African—American his-
torians distorting history the
other way, to build a cultural
history they could be proud of.
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but it isn’t truth.

Kramer’s argument misses
the point. True acceptance will
come not because the gay
community can suddenly use
Lincoln as a poster-boy.

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when all Americans live by the
principles he set: with malice
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