Stuart LeBlanc wrote:
> Not so tough a question.  A Beethoven symphony expresses the human condition
> in all its complexity.  A cowbell expresses the location of a cow.
> 
> That aside, a very appropriate commentary.  I'm reminded of Henry Miller's
> remark:
> 
> "In America, everybody has the opportunity to become somebody.  In Europe,
> everybody has the opportunity to become nobody."
> 

Very interesting.

Our nobodies are Dufay, Josquin, Lasso, Palestrina, Marenzio, Rore, Dowland,
Monteverdi, Sch�tz, Couperin, Vivaldi, Purcell, H�ndel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven,
Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Verdi, Stravinski, Bartok, .... and hundreds of other
giants.

Who are your somebodies?


Best wishes from old Europe,

Rainer adS


Oops - I forgot - in America every monkey has the opportunity to become governor
or president.





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