Series · 11 Dec 2020Musicosophy 5. Happiness versus the death drive in music- 10:05New York anecdote: exasperated at talk of the Slavic soul, his interpreter translates his anger as "I would like a cup of tea."
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Who is this?Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement. He co-signed the Futurist manifesto, A Slap in the Face of Public Taste (1913), and wrote such poems as A Cloud in Trousers (1915) and Backbone Flute (1916). […]
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Series · 11 Dec 2020Musicosophy 5. Happiness versus the death drive in music