Lobachevsky (song)
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title:
Lobachevsky (song)
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"Lobachevsky" is a humorous song by Tom Lehrer, referring to the mathematician Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.
According to Lehrer, the song is "not intended as a slur on [Lobachevsky's] character" and the name was chosen "solely for prosodic reasons". In the introduction, Lehrer describes the song as an adaptation of a routine that Danny Kaye did to honor the Russian actor Constantin Stanislavski. Lehrer sings the song from the point of view of an eminent Russian mathematician who learns from Lo
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1951 song by Tom Lehrer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobachevsky_(song)
date created:
2011-04-18T03:39:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T03:45:38Z
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