Maimas2@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down112
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.en.wikipedia.orgMaimas2@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareDrunemeton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·27 days agoVery true! I recognized one name in your post. The rest sound too much like dwarves from Tolkien.
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·27 days 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-up5·27 days agoFor those who don’t know: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoBorodin is a very Tolkieny name. It’s also not too different from the DND dwarf god Moradin, so
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-227 days 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.
Very true! I recognized one name in your post. The rest sound too much like dwarves from Tolkien.
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
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.