A Super Tuesday Playlist
If you're the type who likes to coordinate music to your daily activities, here are a few ideas for music to vote by, from composers looking to effect change (local, national, or global) while under political fire of one kind or another. These are just off the top of my head - if you've got others to add, fire away in the comments...
1. Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, Leningrad. Celebrating the glorious Communist victory over Nazi aggression! (Or was he?)
2. Sibelius, Finlandia. Freeing a nation from Russian oppression, and singing lustily about it.
3. Haydn, Symphony No. 45, Farewell. Fighting subtly for more vacation days.
4. Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, Eroica. Celebrating a great leader who turned out not to be so great after all...
5. Britten, War Requiem. A conscientious objector taking a hard stand against all military aggression, even the kind meant to protect him.
1. Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, Leningrad. Celebrating the glorious Communist victory over Nazi aggression! (Or was he?)
2. Sibelius, Finlandia. Freeing a nation from Russian oppression, and singing lustily about it.
3. Haydn, Symphony No. 45, Farewell. Fighting subtly for more vacation days.
4. Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, Eroica. Celebrating a great leader who turned out not to be so great after all...
5. Britten, War Requiem. A conscientious objector taking a hard stand against all military aggression, even the kind meant to protect him.
Labels: music and politics
posted by Sam at
8:39 AM
1 Comments:
Verdi - "Va pensiero" from Nabucco - Who knew a chorus of Hebrew Slaves would become a kind of Italian national anthem?
Adams - "Death of Klinghoffer" - Does it "romanticize terrorists"? Or is this an even-handed treatment demonized even more by post-9/11 fears?
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