Jon Johanning wrote (in reply to Don Satz):
>I'm not quite sure what you mean by "militaristic." It is true that
>some martial motifs and episodes are woven through a lot of German
>music, but I'm not sure that this is any less the case in music of other
>nationalities. Despite the well-deserved reputation Germany has earned
>from Bismark through WW II, I think militarism is a curse shared by the
>human race as a whole, as we are presently witnessing.
As I sit here listening to my newly purchased CD of the old RCA recording
of Richard Rodgers' "Victory at Sea", I am compelled to agree. If it
weren't for sex and war, there'd be damned little music to listen to.
Mike Cole
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