Jon Ferguson
When the old man put on Haydn’s Symphony No. 103 (“Drum Roll”), the world – according to all news outlets he had read or watched lately – was in a state of great turmoil. The coronavirus was making a comeback, protesters were tearing down statues of old American heroes, Stuttgart had been torn with street violence and looting the night before, Trump and Biden were being made to be absolute fools depending which side of the press you were looking at. Yes, according to the news, the world was falling apart.
Hence, when the old man got in the car, he didn’t turn on the radio. Instead he reached behind him and with a long arm grabbed a CD on the floor of the back seat. It just happened to be Haydn’s 103rd. He popped it in the slot. Within seconds life felt good again. What sound! What beauty! What harmony! All the people and instruments coming together to create glorious…music!
The old man thought about world civilization and all the incredible things great minds had come up with. In a few short thousands of years, humanity had gone from living in mud and grass huts and beating tom-toms to Vienna, Paris, Venice, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. And then came the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries and the great industrial revolution.
And here we are today. Many people say we are at a “turning point”. What kind of turning point? the old man wondered. Where will the cries of liberty and justice for all take us this time? Will power fall into fresh hands? If so, how will they use it? After we pull down statues of Teddy Roosevelt and George Washington, who will be put up in their place?
If the old man knew one thing it was that power decides what is “right”. If power doesn’t like termites, it gets rid of them. If power thinks people should stay inside when the coronavirus strikes, people stay inside. If power says people can go outside, they go outside.
He also knew that passion decides what is beautiful. Haydn’s 103rd was beautiful. He knew it.
But he knew too that not everybody’s passions were the same. He hoped power and passion would let Haydn live a little longer – at least while his grandkids were bustling about.
Before he got home he thought about something else. Music has a big advantage over literature: You don’t have to speak German to listen to Haydn. He never needs to be translated…
And the drums rolled again.
June 23, 2020
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