Sunday, November 13, 2022

Blacklisted: R Vaughn Williams Christmas Music?

A wonderful piece of Christmas music "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" by Ralph Vaughn Williams will be blacklisted.

How can that happen?

Here are the pertinent criminally offensive lyrics:

This is the truth sent from above,
The truth of God, the God of love;
Therefore don′t turn me from your door,

But hearken all, both rich and poor.

Ah...

The first thing, which I will relate,
Is that God did man create
The next thing, which to you I'll tell,
Woman was made with man to dwell....

You can (and SHOULD) hear the piece before it is memory-holed.  The lyrics can be read--for the time being--at this link.

That piece was performed by the Milwaukee Symphony & Chorus within living memory.  Not likely that will ever happen again.

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