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Lament

Still mourning the untimely demise of Curry House. Farewell, my curry pans!

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If you're here because I did something to irritate you—take a breath first, then please engage with me politely. I can assure you that whatever I did, it was not meant to irk you or to generally be regarded as a nuisance. Let's talk it out! :) And if you're not here because I annoyed you... well, feel free to say hi anyway!

Articles I have created

Tachikawa Sumito (1929–1985): Japanese baritone singer, radio host, and television personality
Don Tait (1941–2023): American classical music radio host, producer, and record collector
Sofiya Vakman (1911–2000): Soviet and Russian pianist
Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva: 1973 song cycle by Dmitri Shostakovich
Gogoliad: an unfinished 1973 film score by Dmitri Shostakovich intended for the namesake film based on Nikolai Gogol's Petersburg Tales [ ru] that was to have been directed by Grigori Kozintsev
King Lear: 1970 film score by Dmitri Shostakovich for the film King Lear directed by Grigori Kozintsev
Angelito de Canal 13 (1971–1999): Chilean corporate spokesmascot for the Corporación de Televisión de la Universidad Católica de Chile
Vocalises (Ivanovs): a cycle of fourteen mostly wordless vocalises, composed between 1964 and 1982 for SATB chorus a capella by Jānis Ivanovs
Earnest Andersson (1878–1943): American auto-didact polymath who, after becoming wealthy from his inventions, studied composition privately with Igor Stravinsky
Un día de vida: a 1950 melodrama film by Emilio Fernández, which was received poorly at home in Mexico, but became a landmark film in Yugoslavia
Sen-bong (Avangard: Koreyskiy Kolkhoz): a 1946 Soviet-Kazakh documentary film about Avangard, a Koryo-saram kolkhoz in the Kazakh SSR
Symphony No. 4 (Popov): a 1949 symphony for vocal quartet and a capella chorus by Gavriil Popov, subtitled Glory to the Fatherland
" The Andy Griffith Show Theme": theme music for the CBS television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, composed by Earle Hagen
Greeting Prelude: 1955 orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky based on the song " Happy Birthday to You"
Yekaterina Nosenko (1881–1939): Russian-born French painter, calligrapher, and amanuensis who was Stravinsky's cousin and first wife
" Tarantella": Stravinsky's earliest surviving musical composition, composed in October 1898
" The Owl and the Pussy Cat": Stravinsky's final completed composition, composed in October 1966
Two Sketches for a Sonata: Stravinsky's final attempt at an original composition, abandoned on January 25, 1968
American premieres of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 ( GA): Title explains itself
Vera Brodsky Lawrence (1909–1996): American pianist, musicologist, and editor credited as a major figure in the revivals of the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Scott Joplin
Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin: Dmitri Shostakovich's final song cycle, composed in 1974
Katyusha Maslova: an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich based on the novel Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
El Monte Legion Stadium (1928–1974): a defunct multi-purpose venue in El Monte, California
Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene: a 1930 orchestral work by Arnold Schoenberg
Nagaoka Nobuko (1928–1945): Japanese pianist
Fujita Haruko (1918–2001): Japanese pianist, music critic, professor, and jurist
Kanzuri: a traditional fermented Japanese chili paste
Yuri Shcherbinin (1940–2019): Soviet-born Ukrainian musicologist, teacher, Wikipedian, Wikimedian, and collector of classical music memorabilia
" March of the Soviet Militia": a 1970 march for wind band by Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Quintet/In Memoriam…: a 1976 quintet for piano and string quartet and 1979 orchestration thereof by Alfred Schnittke
On Guard for Peace (GA): a 1950 oratorio by Sergei Prokofiev based on texts by Samuil Marshak
Loyalty: a 1970 song cycle for male chorus a capella by Dmitri Shostakovich based on texts by Yevgeny Dolmatovsky
October: a 1967 tone poem by Dmitri Shostakovich
Federico Ruiz (born 1948): Venezuelan composer and arts administrator
Beate Ulbricht (born Mariya Pestunova; 1944–1991): adopted Soviet daughter of SED General Secretary Walter Ulbricht
" Park Avenue Beat": theme music for the CBS television drama Perry Mason, composed by Fred Steiner
Im Won-sik (1919–2002): Japanese-born Korean conductor, composer, and teacher
Ueda Masashi (1904–1966): Japanese conductor, bassoonist, and pianist who specialized in Soviet music
Brigitte Manceaux (1914–1963): French pianist and niece/confidante of Francis Poulenc
Shimaguchi Komao (1911–1945): Japanese composer of popular and patriotic music
Nitta Hachirō (1908–1988): Japanese singer of popular music and opera
Erik Thomas Tawaststjerna (born 1951): Finnish pianist, teacher, and son of Erik W. Tawaststjerna
" Intervision": a 1971 television score used to announce the international news segment on the Soviet Intervision program
Lyubomir Pipkov (1904–1974): Bulgarian composer, pianist, and teacher
Five Fragments: a 1936 orchestral suite by Dmitri Shostakovich
Curry House (1983–2020): defunct Japanese-American table service restaurants founded by House Foods specializing in Japanese curry and yōshoku
Mira Mendelson (1914–1968): Soviet poet, translator, and librettist, and the second wife of Sergei Prokofiev
Sonoda Takahiro (1928–2004): Japanese pianist and teacher
Théodore Strawinsky (1907–1989), Russian-born Swiss painter and eldest son of Igor Stravinsky
Canon on a Russian Popular Tune: a 1966 orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky
Evelyn Del Rio (born Evelyn Bernadette Janer; 1931–1988), American child actress and dancer whose most prominent role was in the W. C. Fields comedy The Bank Dick
Garras de oro: a 1927 Colombian silent film attacking American imperialism and interventionism
Nakatsuka Akito (born ?): Japanese composer and sound engineer for Nintendo
" Gunkan kōshinkyoku" ("Warship March"): an 1897 patriotic song and march by Setoguchi Tōkichi; signature march of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Nakano Tadaharu (1909–1970): Japanese jazz singer and record producer; founder of the Columbia Nakano Rhythm Boys
" Roei no uta" ("Song of the Encampment"): a 1938 Japanese patriotic song whose first recording was sung by some of Nippon Columbia’s top male stars
Kita Rentarō (born Kita Kan; 1920–1940): Japanese singer of popular and folk-inflected music who died of leukemia at age 20
Dick Mine (born Mine Tokuichi; 1908–1991): Japanese jazz singer and actor
A fondo (1976–1981): Spanish TVE1 television program hosted by Joaquín Soler Serrano, who interviewed major international figures in the arts and sciences
Tokuyama Tamaki (1903–1942): Japanese singer of popular music and opera, and actor
Nakamura Fuminori (born 1977): Japanese novelist

Articles I have substantially contributed to

Grigor Yeghiazaryan (1908–1988): Soviet Armenian composer, teacher, and bureaucrat
Children's Notebook: A 1945 piano suite for beginning pianists by Dmitri Shostakovich
Marcel Poot (1901–1988): Belgian composer, music critic, and educator (work-in-progress)
Lydia Auster (1912–1993): Soviet and Estonian composer
Chris Burrous (1975–2018): American news anchor who last worked at KTLA in Los Angeles (work-in-progress)
El Yucateco: Mexican brand of habanero hot sauces
Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1: pops orchestra suite arranged by Levon Atovmyan [ ru], based on music by Dmitri Shostakovich
List of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich: Title explains itself (work-in-progress)
Leo Sirota (1885–1965): Russian-born Austrian-American pianist and teacher
Boris Parsadanian (1925–1997): Soviet-born Armenian-Estonian composer, violinist, and arts administrator
Galina Pisarenko (1934–2022): Soviet-born Russian soprano and teacher
Harvey Shapiro (1911–2007): American cellist and teacher
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra: a 1979 piano concerto by Alfred Schnittke
Tahiti Trot (also known as Tea for Two): a 1927 orchestral arrangement by Dmitri Shostakovich of the song " Tea for Two" by Vincent Youmans
Viola Sonata: a 1975 chamber work by Dmitri Shostakovich
Three Fantastic Dances: a 1922 set of piano pieces by Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 15 (Shostakovich): a 1974 string quartet by Dmitri Shostakovich
Art Laboe (born Arthur Egnoian; 1925–2022): American disc jockey, record producer, and Los Angeles popular culture figure (work-in-progress)
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Prokofiev): a 1944 piano composition by Sergei Prokofiev (work-in-progress)
Lina Prokofiev (born Carolina Codina Nemísskaia; 1897–1989): Spanish-born Soviet-British singer and first wife of Sergei Prokofiev
Artur Rodziński (1892–1958): Polish-born American conductor (work-in-progress)
Symphony No. 15 (Shostakovich): a 1971 orchestral work by Dmitri Shostakovich (work-in-progress)
Music for Lovers Only (also known as Jackie Gleason Presents Music for Lovers Only): a 1952 easy-listening instrumental album by Jackie Gleason, rerecorded in stereo in 1958
Robert Keith (actor) (born Rolland Keith Richey; 1898–1966): American actor, father of Brian Keith
Yoshio Yoda (1934–2023): Japanese-born American actor and businessman
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Shostakovich) (improved to GA): a 1942 piano composition by Dmitri Shostakovich
Manchukuo Film Association (also known as Man'ei; 1937–1945): Defunct Japanese film studio based in Manchukuo
Steve Bechtel (born 1970): American rock climber and suspect in the disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel
Claudio Guzmán (1927–2008): Chilean-born American television director, producer, and art designer
Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev): a 1947 orchestral work by Sergei Prokofiev
" Battōtai": an 1885 Japanese patriotic song composed by Charles Leroux
Piano Sonata No. 9 (Prokofiev): a 1948 piano composition by Sergei Prokofiev
The Four Temperaments: a 1943 ballet by Paul Hindemith (previous version of the article bizarrely treated Hindemith's music and involvement as somehow of only peripheral interest)
Moondog (born Louis Thomas Hardin; 1919–1999): American composer, musician, street performer, and instrument maker (work-in-progress)
Piano Trio No. 1 (Shostakovich) (originally titled Poème): a 1923 chamber work by Dmitri Shostakovich
The Firebird: a 1910 ballet by Igor Stravinsky