spartito #2 - Political Classical Music 31.07.2018

In this episode, spartito focuses on political classical music, meaning
classical music that has been written as a political statement. While political
statements are a common thing in punk or rap music, they used to be quite rare
in classical music. There are many reasons for that, the probably most obvious
reasons being (1) the fact that many composers have been employed by Kings,
Queens, Emperors and the likes for their entertainment (besides, political
statements would have cost their jobs / heads), and (2) the fact that a lot of
classical music has been written on religious grounds (secularism and laicism
are an appreciable approach in this regard). This however changed during the
20th century and more and more composers started to speak out loud and join
political debates.


This episode refrains from featuring Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt or Giuseppe
Verdi. Though their music has b...

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