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an overview for young people, since it has clear, concise com- mentaries, it’s a remarkably far-ranging book that has real value for people of all ages. It can be c o n - sid - e r e d as an out l ine which will encourage us all to read more listen


and to carefully,


to comprehend what is happening these days. Tinking back to days of the American Rev- olution, one immedi- at e ly hears: “Yankee Doodle!” Te term “re-appropriation” needs to be injected. Redcoat troops put extremely insulting words to that snappy old tune and poked bully-kind of fun at the rag- gle-taggle American Colonials fighting them. Strangely fashion- able “dandies” in Britain at the time liked silks, satins wore wildly


and circular


wigs that were called “Macaroni.” But, the Yankee Doodles made that orig- inally insulting term a badge of honor and got even by “re-appro- pri at ion,” which is what it’s c all ed w h e n, cleverly, the Yankee troops grabbed the tune, sassed and humiliated the British troops right back when they won. Our stirring national an- hard-to-sing


them, the really


“Star-spangled Banner” is also a very old tune. However, the mov-


ing poetry was written by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer whose hobby was writing poetry. One of the great problems of


American classical


music is really one of unfamiliarity. Tink how rare it is to hear a major work. Te promotion in many different digital ways and big concerts of contem- porary hip- hop, rap, rock and roll, jazz


and blues is con- stant. Many more radio


stations play those styles of music. Repetition is essen- tial when learning any new music. It’s fun to see tv broad- casts of enormous crowds—with al- most


every


person singing along with


single every


word of songs they love.


helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul!”


Luther Burbank for chamber music,


If you’d like to inve s t i - gate new n ames, ch e ck out some “ G r e a t Amer ic a n Composers.” For the 4th of July, we have John Phillips Sousa’s toe-tap- ping “Stars and Stripes Forever” march. Aaron Cop- land (b. 1900), from Brooklyn, NY, famous operas,


film scores, wrote “Appalachian Spring,” “Billy the Kid,” “Rodeo” and fabulous “Fanfare for the Common Man” –sports fans will


The scale of 'Independence Day' is much more than 'Stargate.' ~ Dean Devlin


better, happier, and more


always make people


“Flowers


know it right away. Possibly the composer who rep- resents American music best is George Gershwin. Almost every- one enjoys—and recognizes—the thrilling opening wail of the clar- inet when we hear his “Rhapsody in Blue.” Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side


Story” introduced him to wider audiences who also had a chance to hear him in broadcasts he in- tended for very young folks to en- courage them to listen to all kinds of music. No need to “convince” folks about John Williams, and his stirring works for “Star Wars” and much more.


Horticulturist Luther Bur- bank, in 1875, fa- mously wrote about Sonoma County as “the chosen spot of all this earth.” It is a great joy that the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts is flourishing at its Mark West Springs Road location. Te new Harmonies sculpture exhibition


is impressive. Burbank could be a cranky man: “Te greatest torture in


the world for most people is to think.” However, he also wrote “Flowers always make people


better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and med- icine for the soul!”


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