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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, an Uncommon card
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was an English composer, music critic, pianist and writer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 186
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 186 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His music, written over a period of seventy years, ranges from sets of ______ to works lasting several hours.
Answer
miniatures. His music, written over a period of seventy years, ranges from sets of miniatures to works lasting several hours. From the Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Tulsidas. Tulsidas 200,000 · Jacques Offenbach 100,000 · Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 58,000 · Mieczysław Weinberg 29,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His music, written over a period of seventy years, ranges from sets of miniatures to works lasting several hours.
- One of the most prolific 20th-century composers, he is best known for his piano pieces, notably nocturnes such as Gulistān and Villa Tasca, and large-scale, technically intricate compositions, which include seven symphonies for piano solo, four toccatas, Sequentia cyclica and 100 Transcendental Studies.
- He felt alienated from English society by reason of his homosexuality and mixed ancestry, and had a lifelong tendency to seclusion.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ernest Walter Histed (1862–1947), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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