[lit-ideas] Re: Which is the least political of the arts?
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:34:04 -0500
On 12/23/2010 5:36 AM, Donal McEvoy wrote:
AJP Taylor's view of music as perhaps the 'least political of the arts' is
hardly ridiculous
Consider the "devil's tri-tone" which was banned
in times of Church authority, anthems and banners
which stood for various sectarian causes like
Huguenot hymns, and since you mentioned Mozart,
The Marriage of Figaro, with its revolutionary
subtext treated nonconservatively. Think of Liszt
and Chopin's various emblematic pieces of
rebellion. Think of Verdi, whose name was
emblematic of rebellion, and Schiller's Ode as
bandwagon tune for European unity, even
Shostakovitch's Babi Yar Symphony.
Und so weiter.
I'd have to say drama and fiction are most
political and also least enduringly political in
most cases...how many people know that the Wizard
of Oz was actually William McKinley?
Bubba
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