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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev , usually referred to outside Russia as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. March 1872 – 19. August 1929
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Sergei Diaghilev Quotes

“Tchaikovsky thought of committing suicide for fear of being discovered as a homosexual, but today, if you are a composer and not homosexual, you might as well put a bullet through your head.”

Sergei Diaghilev

In Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999), 260:2

Fear , Suicide

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