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[โ€“] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The great opera singer Enrico Caruso was the 18th of 21 children, only 3 of whom survived infancy.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote an opera about coffee addiction.

The Russian composer Tchaikovsky was afraid his head would come off while conducting, so he would hold his chin with one hand while doing so.

The girlfriend of composer Erik Satie wore a corsage made of carrots, and she was a painter and liked to feed the paintings she made. Satie once threw her out the window but she survived.

[โ€“] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote an opera about coffee addiction.

And you didn't provide a Janeway meme?

[โ€“] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

Even Satie. Who collected umbrellas.