Of Germanic music, and its core, Don Satz writes describes one feature:
>Its heroic and militaristic traits are distinctive and greatly appealing.
Don may be onto something. Just this morning I was listening to a
broadcast of the Missa Solemnis of Beethoven - and yes- there suddenly
appears a MARCH theme -
da da dadada da .
And last night listening to the opus 127 quartet, an unmistakable march
theme. Mahler is of course, chock full of marches. Schubert wrote
marches- how about Brahms? But of course the French Berlioz certainly liked
his marches.
Professor Bernard Chasan
Physics Department, Boston University