Beethoven pioneered bone conduction as a method of hearing after becoming deaf. He bit into a piece of metal attached to his piano. If you use swimmers’ headphones, thank Beethoven. - ThreadSky

annabookwriter.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Beethoven pioneered bone conduction as a method of hearing after becoming deaf. He bit into a piece of metal attached to his piano.

If you use swimmers’ headphones, thank Beethoven.

Reposted from Saimi Hanma ⚔️ (aka Kelly Brenner)

It seems like the goal is to get rid of all knowledge in this country, so let's deal in this valuable commodity.

I'll share this: Today I learned that Debussy's Le Mer symphony was inspired by Hokusai's Great Wave Off Kanagawa, which he had hanging in his house.

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prosediva.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are at least 20 people in this artwork. Most people do not see them.

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

So there are! I hadn’t noticed until you pointed it out.

jeremyjshapiro.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hans Christian Anderson was MESSY and GAY for Charles Dickens, who was, as usual, terrible to him. (Dickens was terrible to everyone.)

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

A lot of US-European paganism doesn’t have deep roots- it’s the Victorians again. Their fascination for digging up and absolutely destroying the past means a lot of what we understand as occult is deeply muddled.

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most dogs instinctively point north when pooping.

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tarot began as simple playing cards, and the Victorians, once again, built a mystique around them.

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Modern fatphobia can be credited to the seminal opera La Boheme, whose “romance” built around a manic pixie TB patient gave rise to waifishness-as-feminine-ideal.

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

That opera inspired the saccharine Moulin Rouge film in which Ewan MacGregor tortured songs to death.

naarna.bsky.social•1 day ago

La Traviata also had a main character dying from TB, and had its premiere in 1830 (~60 years before La Bohème), so the whole waifishness-as-feminine-ideal might even be older. 🤔

tessafisher.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not only that, they'll poop in random directions during geomagnetic storms!

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is AMAZING

jolior.bsky.social•1 day ago

Actually, Anderson was probably a trans woman. There is literature about that, I just can't remember it now :-/

cavu4ever.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

bethwalloch.bsky.social•1 day ago

I love them for sleeping because I can use my ear plugs and still listen to music or white noise or whatever to fall asleep.

pnictogen-wing.bsky.social•1 day ago

I am irritated that, reflecting back on childhood memories of being fascinated with music and the lives of the great composers (from library books), I can't remember any of the popular 'for kids' stuff I read about Beethoven mentioning this simple but important fact.

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s why much of his orchestral work is bombastic and crashing but his piano pieces retained some subtlety.

pnictogen-wing.bsky.social•1 day ago

I like bombastic and crashing =p

annabookwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

So do I!

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