[lbo-talk] Anthems, National and Post-national

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Jul 1 06:50:07 PDT 2007


On Jun 30, 2007, at 8:11 PM, dredmond at efn.org wrote:


> On the other hand, the anthem of that friendly neighborhood
> superpower,
> the European Union, is the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's 9th symphony
> - one
> of the supreme incarnations of melody.

Not that Beethoven was known for melody. As every Adorno student knows, he was all about development. But what about that Turkish military march in the middle of an ode to joy?

Doug



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