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April 20

Pizzicato

When did the modern TV fashion begin for using pizzicato violins in the score to denote comedic / slightly naughty/ suggestive passages? I remember hearing it first in Desperate Housewives from 2004, but now it's everywhere. Perhaps it's always been a classical music meme? So maybe Mozart, etc? Thanks. 2A00:23C7:533:3C01:F06D:9688:FDCB:EA35 (talk) 20:37, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's certainly been around for that purpose in animated cartoons such as Silly Symphonies, Looney Tunes, and Tom and Jerry, the first of which goes back almost a century. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:54, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Some of Leroy Anderson's pizzicato works were in popular usage at least as early as the 1950s. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:01, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Returned to Sweden"

The article Kajaani Castle now contains a mentioned that Isak Rasmusson returned to Sweden. This is is a direct translation from the Swedish article sv:Kajaneborg where it says "Rasmusson [...] reste tillbaka till Sverige".

Now the thing is, at the time the Kajaani Castle was in Sweden. At the time, the area of present-day Finland was an integral part of Sweden, not even an autonomous region. An administrative unit named "Finland" did not exist. "Finland" was only a cultural and linguistic area.

So is it OK to say "returned to Sweden" or should some kind of clarification be needed? JIP | Talk 20:59, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know which specific city he returned to? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:57, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, the Swedish article does not specify that. JIP | Talk 23:06, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see that a problem exists. He returned to Sweden. There's no need to explain that it isn't part of Sweden now, any more than it's necessary to say that Christopher Columbus explored the coasts of various then non-existent Central and South American countries. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:23, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you've got it a bit backwards. What he returned to has always been Sweden. It's what he returned from was Sweden at the time but Finland now. JIP | Talk 11:29, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the absence of information as to exactly which city, town, county, region, province or land he returned to, and since Finland was then the easternmost part of Sweden (called Österland), would it be appropriate to say "western Sweden"?

Alternatively, since Finland is not part of the Scandinavian peninsula, would "Scandinavian Sweden" be acceptable? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.194.109.80 (talk) 19:32, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]