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Tchaikovsky

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Classical composer who employed a battery of cannons and a full brass band for the finale of the 1812 Overture, cited as an example of grandiosity in music.

Mentions (4)
"So, this led me down the rabbit hole of Romanticism. I poorly understood this movement beyond aesthetics: 'oh that's the dramatic Tchaikovsky music, Jane Austen novel, guy standing over a foggy cliff era.'"
STEMcel doomer thoughts · u/ImNotHereToMakeBFFs · ↑510 · 2023-03-05
"Tchaikovsky employed a battery of cannons and a full brass band just for the finale of the 1812 Overture."
There's no grandiosity in popular music anymore · Jerry_Markovnikov · ↑52 · 2025-07-05
"listening to tchaikovsky and crying because I'm overwhelmed by the boundless creativity of the human mind, the power of art to transcend time, the resilience of the human spirit. he suffered so much in his personal life but somehow wrote some of the most beautiful pieces that humanity will cherish a"
Depressed about the state of the world? listen to more classical music · u/Tasty_Difference_679 · ↑49 · 2026-01-02
"listening to tchaikovsky and crying because I'm overwhelmed by the boundless creativity of the human mind, the power of art to transcend time, the resilience of the human spirit. AI can never replace truly beautiful, classical & romantic art. he suffered so much in his personal life but somehow wrot"
Depressed about the state of the world? listen to more classical music · u/Tasty_Difference_679 · ↑49 · 2026-01-02
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