Slippedisc daily comfort zone (65): A German consolation
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kein Sommermärchen
kein Sommermärchen
no more Jogi Löw
winter for Germany
springtime for Brexity
long may she reign over us
God save the Queen!
The words do not fit the hymn “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser”.
This movement of Brahms’ German Requiem is a piece of pure genius, and – even for Brahms – entirely traditional in terms of musical language. Such sublime music is the best that German culture has produced. Together with Bach and Beethoven, the top of the German musical mountain.
And hovering above all three, the greater genius Heinrich Schütz, who profoundly influenced Brahms.
Yes, but Schütz’s name does not begin with the obligatory B. He should be renamed Bütz.
‘To B, to B, or not to B, that is the question’.
Schütz, Schubert Schumann. Schein, Schmidt, Schmitt. Down with the B….s. Go SCHs!
Agreed, Schütz is an absolute Meister.