On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > According to whose worldview? Just because it isn't done as frequently > since the days of John Phillip Sousa doesn't mean it's entirely beyond > the pale.
We seem to agree that it's done less frequently today than in the past, and that is enough for my purposes. > Perhaps there's an even simpler explanation. Perhaps he was commissioned > to write them. This may well be a correct explanation, but it does fully address my original question about the difference in taste: no modern military or political leader has compositions commissioned for him(self) in his official capacity.
