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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: CRIT awards code of conduct
Date: 5 Jul 2024 00:16:28 -0000
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Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
>On 7/4/24 8:54 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
>>> On 7/3/24 12:15 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Its perhaps interesting to compare this to moves to
>>>> exclude Russians from many competitions, out of (wholly
>>>> justified) horror at the invasion of Ukraine.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Tchaikovsky has been removed from some concerts for that reason. Since
>>> he died before the invasion started, not to mention before Putin was
>>> born, it's quite a stretch to blame him.
>> 
>> He DID write an opera glorifying the secret police after all.
>
>The Oprichnik? That one's so obscure I never heard of it before doing a 
>search just now on "Tchaikovsky secret police". Perhaps for good reason.

It's one of those things that gets performed in Russia but not here.
It doesn't have any really catchy tunes but it's musically okay.
--scott
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