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...elegy written by two survivors of the Beijing massacre was read, accompanied by a song that was sung by a student in Tiananmen Square shortly before the massacre...
...does the spectrum of motives and responses. An honest copy becomes a fake when the context of desire is switched. There are Egyptian statues from the 7th century B.C. that deliberately copy the archaic style of Old Kingdom figures done nearly two millenniums before. Chinese craftsmen in the Sung dynasty made ritual bronze vessels almost indistinguishable from those of the Shang period, 2,100 years earlier. Roman sculptors in the 2nd century A.D. made versions of 5th century B.C. Greek prototypes, and from then on, there would be an immense industry in the copying, overrestoration and outright forgery of everything...
...deity to scatter the monarch's enemies, in phrases much admired by Queen Victoria: "Confound their politics/ Frustrate their knavish tricks." Last month the Church of England's Liturgical Commission suggested substituting a kindlier version, written by a London shoemaker in 1836, for use when the anthem is sung at Remembrance Day services for the dead of the two World Wars. Sample lines: "Lord, make the nations see/ That men should brothers...
...number is redeemed by the staging of the melodic material which closes it. The dancers line up, holding their pictures before their faces, and softly, harmoniously sing, "I need this job, oh God, I need this job." This passage segues nicely into a solo sung by Paul. Here Anderson is a nicely delicate presence, and though his voice trembles a little to often, overall his rendition lulls...