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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs seen on Rachael tonight, the theme for the NBC Watergate coverage: March to the Scaffolds
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As seen on Rachael tonight, the theme for the NBC Watergate coverage: March to the Scaffolds (Original Post)
Sancho
Nov 2019
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MuseRider
(34,103 posts)1. Great piece.
Just played it on a Halloween concert.
stopbush
(24,393 posts)2. Scaffold. Singular.
Sancho
(9,067 posts)3. It has been decades since I took French...maybe someone knows...
I always thought it was a march (or walk) to torture (the scaffold). Of course it was written in the 1800s.
At any rate, it was an interesting choice by NBC in the 1970s. I happened to be playing in a college orchestra at the time, and we watched the hearings on TV. I remember that we recognized and talked about the music. I had forgotten until Rachael mentioned it tonight.
stopbush
(24,393 posts)4. I bought a 27-CD set of the complete works of Berlioz last month.
Pretty cool.
BlueSpot
(855 posts)5. One of my favorite symphonies n/t
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)6. Wondering what music will play at tomorrow's opening of public testimony in impeachment inquiry. n/t
Sancho
(9,067 posts)7. ...maybe not Berlioz...
When the Democrats come in:
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,307 posts)9. and when the Republicans come in ...
DeminPennswoods
(15,270 posts)8. Rachel lauded "the best viewers" for the information,
but she also seemed genuinely surprised by how quickly the music was identified down to the specifically named movement. You have to think the choice of that music in 1973 for the Watergate hearings was deliberate.