“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
Both selections are downright SERENIFYING if not postive ly SOPORIFIC.
"Subtlety carried to the utnost extreme, perhaps?
I think I ould call thus MUSCA MANtRAS for want of a better term
I still much prefer the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century BRITISH composers for evoking the feeling of inner peace and great charm and beauty of pastoral, bucolic scenes.
Both selections are downright SERENIFYING if not postive ly SOPORIFIC.
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I think I ould call thus MUSCA MANtRAS for want of a better term
I still much prefer the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century BRITISH composers for evoking the feeling of inner peace and great charm and beauty of pastoral, bucolic scenes.
No one did it better than Frederick Delius!
Carpe diem!
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ReplyDeleteipse dixit!
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