Creativity as the Distinctive Characteristic of Human Culture

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy0uh-BYs7s&t=3s

Panel Moderators: Kesha Rogers and Dennis Speed, the following times are U.S. EDT

11:00-11:15 — Beethoven, “An die ferne Geliebte,” op. 98
John Sigerson, tenor, Margaret Greenspan, piano

11:15 — Lyndon LaRouche
“I Have Insisted That Music Is Intelligible!”

11:20 — Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Founder and Chairman, Schiller Institute

11:40 — William Warfield
“A Poetic Musical Offering”

11:45 — Willis Patterson
Bass-baritone, professor emeritus / Associate Dean of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
“The Presence of the Classical Principle in Folk Music”

12:10 — John Sigerson
Music Director for the Schiller Institute, co-author of A Manual on the Rudiments of Tuning and Registration
“The Physical Power of Classical Poetry and Music”

12:30 — Eugene Simpson
Professor emeritus of Voice and Choral Literature, Rowan University of New Jersey; Founding Curator of the Hall Johnson Collection
“Hall Johnson and the Dvorak Dream: From Spiritual to Art Song”

1:00 — Diane Sare
Founder and co-director, Schiller Institute NYC Chorus
“On the Employment of Chorus in Politics”

1:25 — Conference Greetings, Gregory Hopkins
Founder and Artistic Director, Harlem Opera Theater.

1:30–2:15 — Discussion and Q&A

Ludwig van Beethoven: “An die ferne Geliebte,” Op. 98 Poem by Ludwig Rellstab (1799–1860)
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The decadence that has entered much of the culture of the Western world is itself a sign of the end of the system. The cult of ugliness is dominating much of what counts as art today. Meaningless violence and perversion in the so-called entertainment industry play a role in shaping a popular culture in which mass shootings, drug addiction, and cultural pessimism are prevalent.

The replacement of the Dark Age of the 14th century, described in literature by Boccaccio and in paintings by Bruegel and Bosch, with the cultural optimism and new image of man of the Golden Renaissance in Italy and other parts of Europe, is a good example that human ingenuity can overcome terrible crises and replace them with new ideas and works of great art.

Today a revival of classical art is the indispensable precondition for mankind to open a new chapter in human history. A renaissance of classical music, and a dialogue of the best classical traditions of all cultures, must lay the foundation for a new renaissance. Works such as those of Dante, Leonardo da Vinci, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Du Fu, Shakespeare, Schiller, Tagore, Huang Gongwang, Rembrandt, Goya, Cervantes, Rabelais, and Pushkin, just to name a few, embody principles which inspire the creativity of the human mind and are as universal as principles of physical science. The knowledge of these arts is the basis for the aesthetic education of man. As Lyndon LaRouche wrote beautifully, the essence of great art is love. In this Year of Beethoven, we absolutely can gain the inner strength to master this crisis by evoking his spirit and by thinking like the great composer.