Thank you, Peter, I liked that quote, especially the second para and that
last sentence.
Andrew
On 24/08/06, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Patrick, reminded me of some words of Maurizio Kagel, on 'Ten Marches to
> Miss the Victory':
>
> "I wrote marches to accompany a politician's monologue, although my
> disposition is such that I don't have a great appetite for compositions
> of
> this kind. Basically, I did not feel able to write marches that could be
> used to WIN a victory.
>
> "Since the Geneva Convention, musicians (and nursing personnel) in uniform
> have not been permitted to carry weapons. But there seems to be a curious
> conspiracy of silence surrounding the fact that the acoustic tools of my
> trade are actually weapons in their own right. Music, after all, is able
> to
> take root effectively in the minds of those responsible for supervising
> warheads..."
>
> P
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