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The Symphony No. 6 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has frequently been considered an expression of the composer's conflicted feelings about his sexual orientation. Dedicated to his nephew Vladimir Davydov who was also his confidant and lover, the Sixth Symphony has been used in the posthumously published E. M. Forster novel Maurice (as well as its film adaptation) to symbolize same-sex romantic attraction.