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[-] Valthorn@feddit.nu 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's a march by Czech composer Julius Fučík called "Entry of the Gladiators", written in 1897.

Edit: It gets memeier! From Wikipedia:

He originally titled it "Grande Marche Chromatique", reflecting the use of chromatic scales throughout the piece, but changed the title based on his personal interest in the Roman Empire.

[-] captainteebs@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

What thinking about the Roman Empire does to a mf

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