Evidently, the Musical Patriot is going to have to become an Internet version of an American-Russian friendship center. I can think of no greater honor or purpose, for world peace is one of the long-term goals of this blog.
As illustration of the role of music in this endeavor, please click on the recording below. The work is by the Russian Romantic-era composer Alexander Glazunov. The work features a well-known American tune, the title of which I will keep secret until you listen to the work. In this fine performance one cannot help but be moved by a Russian composer's adept feeling for this tune. There is both liveliness and dignity, respect and charm.
Compare this to the shallowness of a David Cameron who acts as if the very existence of the world depends on a NATO-led charge against Russia. Yet my research shows that the West's financial powers have been intent on extending their hegemony throughout both Russia and Russia's traditional sphere of influence.
I certainly do not agree with much in today's Russia. There has indeed been a squelching of dissent. Yet, who am I as a member of another country to act as expert and arbiter over internal affairs of another country? And if said country has evidence of interference by Western powers in the internal affairs of a neighboring country -- while not justifying all actions -- does this not at least explain any sense of concern and fear which may arise in the country?
So, friends, let us not be quick to judge another nation, and let us not be knee-jerk reactionaries in support of a Cameron or any other national leader who would take us back to the Cold War. Let us keep a close eye out for both camps. But let us not assume we know more than we actually do.
Coming -- I Want My Perestroika Back
As illustration of the role of music in this endeavor, please click on the recording below. The work is by the Russian Romantic-era composer Alexander Glazunov. The work features a well-known American tune, the title of which I will keep secret until you listen to the work. In this fine performance one cannot help but be moved by a Russian composer's adept feeling for this tune. There is both liveliness and dignity, respect and charm.
Compare this to the shallowness of a David Cameron who acts as if the very existence of the world depends on a NATO-led charge against Russia. Yet my research shows that the West's financial powers have been intent on extending their hegemony throughout both Russia and Russia's traditional sphere of influence.
I certainly do not agree with much in today's Russia. There has indeed been a squelching of dissent. Yet, who am I as a member of another country to act as expert and arbiter over internal affairs of another country? And if said country has evidence of interference by Western powers in the internal affairs of a neighboring country -- while not justifying all actions -- does this not at least explain any sense of concern and fear which may arise in the country?
So, friends, let us not be quick to judge another nation, and let us not be knee-jerk reactionaries in support of a Cameron or any other national leader who would take us back to the Cold War. Let us keep a close eye out for both camps. But let us not assume we know more than we actually do.
Coming -- I Want My Perestroika Back
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