jmc's classics
Wagner is mostly remembered for Opera. I am not in to his operas. he wrote two early symphonies. He also wrote a Centennial March which premiered in 1876 on the Centennial of America. He was paid $5,000 for writing it. He did not attend the premier in Philadelphia. I like his short work Siegfried Idyl which I like. I have a copy of it with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and have a CD of it with Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC symphony Orchestra. I am fond of this piece of music.
With July 4th. What is the fascination with the British Royal family. We fought the American Revolution and the War of 1812 to keep them out. All European Royals are related. This has been going on for centuries. Most of the reigning European royals are descended from Queen Victorian and Prince Albert (who were first cousins) and King Christian lx of Denmark. That said, with all of that inbreeding for generations it is bound to cause genetic problems. It may have caused Hemophilia in the Russian and Spanish Royal families. The Rhodes Scholarship was created by Cicil Rhodes who was a British white supremist. he also wanted for America to become part of the British Empire again. I don't think that Americans should be Rhodes Scholars. This is not England. We are allies now but different cultures. Much of American music is influenced by British music. In Appalachia, much of the folk music is influenced by Scottish and Scotch-Irish settlers. This is some of what country music is based on. I hope that the rioting stops soon!
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