Maimas2@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down112
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.en.wikipedia.orgMaimas2@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareDrunemeton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·1 month agoVery true! I recognized one name in your post. The rest sound too much like dwarves from Tolkien.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-21 month agoYou 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-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 month agoI don’t know, Tolkien dwarves tend to be a little more boubah whereas Russian composers tend to be a little more Kiiki
minus-squareGinny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoFor those who don’t know: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBorodin is a very Tolkieny name. It’s also not too different from the DND dwarf god Moradin, so
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
For those who don’t know: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect
Borodin is a very Tolkieny name. It’s also not too different from the DND dwarf god Moradin, so