Godár: Querela Pacis
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Katalógové číslo:
PM0050-2
EAN kód:
8595026630086
Autori:
Vladimír Godár
Interpreti:
Andrew Parrott, Emily van Evera, Petra Noskaiová, Solamente Naturali, Tomáš Šelc
Vydavateľ:
PAVIAN RECORDS
Zoznam skladieb
01 I. Preludio - Mantra 08:00 02 II. Recitativo. Miles, The Soldier, Voják 03:23
03 III. Obsidium urbis, The Besiegung of a City 08:39
04 IV. A Gran Battaglia 05:37
05 V. The Lament, Nárek 06:30
06 VI. A Prayer. Allah, Modlitba. Alláh 07:36
07 VII. Psalmus. Domine exaudi, Žalm. Domine exaudi 12:12
08 VIII. Lacrimosa 08:26
09 IX. A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times, Smutná 05:23
10 X. Postludio - Mantra 07:14
11 XI. Cradle Song. What does little birdie say 03:36
Popis
Rulers have always justified the inevitability of their wars by noble goals. Since the end the World War II not a single day has passed that would not be marked by this sort of noble slaughter taking place somewhere on the Earth. Gradually, rulers stopped listening to philosophers, theologians, artists and scientists in case their ideas and attitudes would cast doubt on this august inevitability. …
... The Dutch humanist Erasmus Roterodamus was probably the first thinker to express an outright rejection of all the justificatory noble goals of monarchs. In his two treatises - Querela pacis and Dulce bellum inexpertis - he defined war as the ultimate evil, the only real reason for which was the greed of the powerful. According to Erasmus, the absurd killing of innocent people could not be justified by any ideology or religion. Victorious soldiers know this only too well, being unable to find any excuse foe their recent murdering.
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Vladimír Godár
