text: This composer’s writings refer to his closeted homosexuality using the letter “z” and the phrase “xxx.”
full_question: This composer’s writings refer to his closeted homosexuality using the letter “z” and the phrase “xxx.” In a symphony by this composer, the andante second movement contains a horn solo shortly after the key shifts from B minor to D major. This composer, who was patronized for thirteen years by Nadezhda von Meck, included a bassoon solo marked with six “p”s and a 5/4 “limping waltz” in his final symphony, which premiered just over a week before his death. For 10 points, what Russian composer’s sixth symphony in B minor is nicknamed “Pathetique”?
first_sentence: This composer’s writings refer to his closeted homosexuality using the letter “z” and the phrase “xxx.”