Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Arnold Schoenberg - Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (1942)


Reciter: David Wilson-Johnson
Piano: Jeremy Denk
Conductor: Robert Craft
Fred Sherry String Quartet

Text: Ode to Napoleon by Lord Byron

How far we've come down from Byron's belief in George Washington, "The Cincinnatus of the West" and American democracy.   You can only wonder what he'd make of the vulgar, Atlantic casino,. reality TV emperor, Donald Trump.

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