(I didn't write any notes for this piece of media. Foolish me!)
(I didn't write any notes for this piece of media. Foolish me!)
Democracy is the philosophy of making friends on equal terms, not of creating master-servant relationships. I want to have good friends, and I want to be a good friend to other people. But I do not want a good master or a good servant.
Julian Mintz was a performer, not a composer; he was a translator, not a writer. He himself wanted to be that way and indeed became the most proficient performer and translator. He never once hid his model; there's no reason he should be called a plagiariser. There is no great music that could impress the audience without ever being performed.