"Kevin Sutton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>...  that the music reminded me of a bygone era, one where art and
>beauty was of more importance than they are now.

I read something interesting not long ago to the effect that because
the German-speaking peoples were not unified until the second half of
the 19th century, their literature, music, etc.  was more important to
them than their politics, and politics was not considered a worthwhile
occupation for an upstanding gentleman.  Maybe this is why a psychopathic
corporal was able to take the nation to complete disaster in the 20th
century.

Donald Clarke

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