Schubert: String Quintet in C

******The Great Divide…****** There are three subjects with a special ability to divide people. The first two are well recognised for their divisive qualities: Politics and Religion are subjects well avoided at most dinner parties unless you really want to upset someone. The third may not cause quite the same degree of passionate debate but it defines and divides individuals just as powerfully. I refer, of course, to Music. It’s no co-incidence ...
...music and utilised it for their own purposes. Two examples: Mediaeval monks singing plainchant could induce in themselves a form of ecstatic trance; while national anthems are used to produce a feeling of togetherness and patriotism, particularly in time of war. You may or may not view these as crude manipulations of people. I make no value-judgement but use them as examples. There are countless others. But music in its own right is divisive. The ...

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