To: Publius
"I was always struck that this happy song was written in a minor key, not going to the major until the chorus."
I didn't know enough about music in 1972 to realize that - it is certainly counter-intuitive. Yet I think the key change makes absolute sense given the text.
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"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
250 posted on
10/18/2014 6:45:45 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Ah, written like a Schubert afficianado.
252 posted on
10/18/2014 6:46:35 PM PDT by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: ConorMacNessa
Mac - where we come from, Glen Campbell is a place, not someone’s name. :)
254 posted on
10/18/2014 6:54:25 PM PDT by
Drumbo
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