@Maimas2 to Today I LearnedEnglish • 24 hours agoTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24arrow-up1226arrow-down112
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkTIL that famous Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay.en.wikipedia.org@Maimas2 to Today I LearnedEnglish • 24 hours agomessage-square24
minus-squareDrunemetonlinkEnglish24•22 hours agoVery true! I recognized one name in your post. The rest sound too much like dwarves from Tolkien.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkEnglish14•edit-212 hours 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-squarebizarrolandlinkfedilink14•22 hours agoI 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 WestlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 hours agoBorodin is a very Tolkieny name. It’s also not too different from the DND dwarf god Moradin, so
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•13 hours agoFor 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