Maimas2toToday I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 days agoTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.(en.wikipedia.org)external-linkarrow-up1250arrow-down112message-square25fedilink
arrow-up1238arrow-down1external-linkTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.(en.wikipedia.org)Maimas2toToday I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareDrunemetonEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·8 days agolinkfedilinkVery true! I recognized one name in your post. The rest sound too much like dwarves from Tolkien.
minus-squareFlying SquidEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down0·7 days agoedit-27 days agolinkfedilinkYou may not know who Rimsky-Koraskov was, but you have almost certainly heard Flight of the Bumblebee and probably would recognize at least the opening of Scheherazade if you heard it and he composed both.
minus-squarebizarrolandarrow-up16arrow-down1·8 days agolinkfedilinkI don’t know, Tolkien dwarves tend to be a little more boubah whereas Russian composers tend to be a little more Kiiki
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the WestEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·7 days agolinkfedilinkBorodin is a very Tolkieny name. It’s also not too different from the DND dwarf god Moradin, so
minus-squaresvcgEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down0·7 days agolinkfedilinkFor those who don’t know: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect
Very true! I recognized one name in your post. The rest sound too much like dwarves from Tolkien.
You may not know who Rimsky-Koraskov was, but you have almost certainly heard Flight of the Bumblebee and probably would recognize at least the opening of Scheherazade if you heard it and he composed both.
I don’t know, Tolkien dwarves tend to be a little more boubah whereas Russian composers tend to be a little more Kiiki
Borodin is a very Tolkieny name. It’s also not too different from the DND dwarf god Moradin, so
For those who don’t know: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect