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It's too easy to be cynical about politics and politicians, and so when something out of the ordinary happens, we often dismiss it. This week's British parliamentary vote against joining an American attack on Syria was historic, and to be celebrated. It established both that Britain can be independent of the US, and that we can step back from a war that seemed inevitable.
Until the vote, the whole situation stank of the 2002-2003 period during which Bush and Blair concocted their illegal attack on Iraq. Back then, we could see that the war was unnecessary. We could see the lies being created before our very eyes (Brits at least – Americans took several more years to realise they had been scammed). We knew, at least six months before the war that the decision had already been made. We marched in record numbers, but it was futile: Blair dragged us into the war against our will. He destroyed his political career as a result, but earned himself millions in "consultancy" fees from those who had benefited from the war.
Now, for the moment, our democracy has proven it can stand up against war-greedy corporations, the demands of the US Empire, and the need for military and intelligence "communities" to justify their own dubious and expensive existences. However cynical we may be about our democratic representatives, we should applaud and support them at this moment. The vote against war was a brave moment for Parliament.
"But", comes the response, "what about the people of Syria"? It's an important question, and a hard one to answer, but while considering the answer, we should remind ourselves of some important facts.
1. We're Not The Good Guys
This is hard for Europeans to recognise, and even harder for Americans, who live in a propaganda bubble that North Korea would be proud of. It's a mantra we need to remember. We (the West) are the bad guys. In the past few centuries, we have committed crimes and atrocities beyond count.
The three biggest warmongers today – UK, France, USA – are the worst of the worst, and have been for decades (in America's case) or centuries (in the case of Britain and France). At the very least, tens of millions of people have been slaughtered by these three nations in their self-serving grabs for power and resources. We shouldn't be distracted by the fact that the centre of Western power has moved from Paris and London to Washington. It's the same imperialistic drive, the same European tribal instincts and allegiances at work.
These three powers between them have chewed up the rest of the planet. From India to Algeria, Colombia to Lebanon, Vietnam to Indonesia, Guatemala to Iraq, we have directly or indirectly caused misery on a global scale. There is only one significant moment in modern history where we have been on the right side: World War II. That was the exception, not the rule – and even then, we were hardly squeaky-clean. WWII set the stage for American imperialism. Better perhaps than German imperialism, but not to its millions of victims.
One more time: we're not the good guys. Whoever should be leading an intervention to help the Syrian people, it should not be us. Sending Britain, France and America into Syria is like sending child rapists to run a nursery.
2. We Don't Do Humanitarian Intervention
A brief look at modern history will kill the idea that we are prepared to spend billions of dollars in warfare for the good of foreign civilian populations. There are minor exceptions: interventions in African conflicts are cheap in dollars and lives, and these are easy to win because any opposition will be poorly trained and armed. The UK's intervention in Sierra Leone was against a few thousand hungry gangsters holed up outside Freetown. France's interventions in Ivory Coast and Mali were quick and easy. All three of these interventions were designed to support existing leaders against rebels, not to change regimes; and they were self-serving too, preserving old colonial ties.
Besides these, our behaviour speaks for itself. The biggest war since WWII has been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and we have left the UN to deal with that, despite slaughters and reports of 50 rapes per hour taking place at times. Ditto in Darfur, where hundreds of thousands were killed. Our "allies" in Sri Lanka are reported to have slaughtered 40,000 Tamils in 2009, and herded hundreds of thousands more into camps. Mass rape is reported. We tut-tut and keep trading with them. Our new friends in Burma are averting their gaze while nationalists slaughter and rape members of the Rohingya Muslim minority. And we line up to sign oil deals there.
While we invaded Iraq to "deal with the evil dictator Saddam", we continued to partner with leaders who were as bad, or even worse. While Saddam was torturing and killing his own people, the British ambassador Craig Murray was warning that in Uzbekistan, the leader Islam Karimov was boiling dissidents to death. Murray was fired for criticising a friend of the war on terror.
3. Syria Is Next To Iran and Israel
Amidst all the Syria noise, you might have forgotten that for the past decade or so, Iran has been "months away from developing a nuclear weapon". The war party has been trying to justify an attack on Iran (one of the world's biggest oil producers) for many years. Even world-class neo-con liars have found it hard to persuade anybody that a war on Iran might be necessary. In 2008, as he was leaving office, Bush was still trying to persuade the public that Iran was a threat. An attack on Syria would at the very least destabilise Iran, which is already suffering from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars on its doorstep. A friendly regime in Syria would provide another good launch point for a future attack on Iran.
Meanwhile, Israel would love to see its Middle Eastern enemies weakened and broken. Israel is still occupying the Golan Heights, Syrian land that was taken and occupied during the 1967 war. Israel appears to have no intention of letting the land return to Syria, and a weakened Syria would allow Israel to finalise its land grab. In reality, this is already happening: in February this year, Israel granted an oil-drilling license in the Golan Heights to a US company with links to Dick Cheney, one of the chief gangsters involved in the Iraq war. This is an illegal move: international law does not recognise the land, or the oil, as belonging to Israel.
4. What's The Big Deal With Chemical Weapons Anyway?
Obama's stipulation that use of chemical weapons in Syria would be the last straw is weird and arbitrary, and reminds me of nothing more than Bill Hicks' "pick up the gun" sketch. The line appears to have been drawn solely for the purpose of claiming it had been crossed. I don't know whether Assad has used chemical weapons or not: the man seems perfectly capable of doing so. But likewise, the US is perfectly capable of telling massive lies in order to justify new wars, as demonstrated in both Vietnam and Iraq.
To use chemical weapons would be horrendous, but far less so than many acts of the US, British and French empires. Assad would also have to excel in evil to beat the murderous behaviour of the US in Iraq and so many other places. America is now known to have supported Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons against Iran, and used vast amounts of depleted uranium (and perhaps other substances) which have led to many birth defects in Iraq. In other words: even if Assad is a murderous bastard, several recent US presidents have been far worse. Whatever Assad has done, to allow a US attack could only make things worse at every level.
So What Now?
The Syrian civil war is a reality. Mankind only has one tool to deal with such situations: the United Nations. It may not be perfect, but we have nothing else. The UN must be empowered and trusted to do whatever it can to help refugees, protect civilians and try to end the conflict. The American, British and French should stay as far away as possible – except, possibly, to supply resources to a UN peacekeeping operation. There is no quick and easy answer to Syria, and a US attack is not even an answer at all – it would be fuel added to the fire. Bullying the UN Security Council into backing yet another US war is not the same as allowing the UN to deal with the situation.
And if the West truly has billions of dollars to burn, peace can be bought far more cheaply than a war which can only increase instability in the Middle East, and lead to more terrorist attacks both there and here.
The US is trying to broaden and continue its endless, pointless war on terror. We can be proud that the British Parliament has just made that task a little more difficult. Obama wars are no better than Bush, Reagan or Nixon wars. At least if America goes to war against Syria, this time we can try to ensure they go alone, and are exposed as the gangsters they are, and have been since the 1950s.


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I have been meaning to write this blog post a lot sooner, but it has been hard to find the time to analyze the existence of something that completely took me by surprise.
Here is my surprise tweet on January 21st when I had stumbled across a WALL STREET JOURNAL article written by Andry Rajoelina with a most incensing title "An Open Letter to the Friends of Madagascar". In the Wall Street Journal of all places! Granted it was in the opinion journal, but did Andry Rajoelina end up with a Wall Street Journal article?
So I took the time to read the article and was furious! (not that I wasn't sufficiently furious from the title of the article alone) The article was so full of wrong and misleading information it was clear to me that it was "designed" to try and curry sympathy from all of us in North America (but then Andry Rajoelina wrote it, so should I be surprised?). If you were unfamiliar with Andry Rajoelina, after reading this article it might be good enough to convince you that Andry Rajoelina is some sort of David to the international communities Goliath. Since I don't want that to happen, I have written this post to explain a few things.
I hope I don't get called out for copying the article verbatim into my blog… but I want to take the article paragraph by paragraph and attempt to right all the wrongs that it may do just by existing. So here we go:
Madagascar, my country, is sinking into a political crisis of extreme gravity, and there is no exit in sight. This situation is the result of the following series of events:
Last March, my predecessor, Marc Ravalomanana, at last became conscious of the limits of his autocratic exercise of power, having been awakened by an unprecedented popular movement. He took the initiative to leave the country, entrusted a military directory with power, then felt it was right to transfer power to me, as the constitution allowed him to do. The Malagasy High Constitutional Court, which was composed at the time only of members designated by Mr. Ravalomanana, validated these actions and ruled that they were in accordance with the Constitution.
The international community, however, railed against what it deemed a "putsch" or a "coup d'état"—terms that I vigorously oppose, considering not only the Constitutional Court's approval, but also that the will of the large majority of the Malagasy people is to see me lead the Transitional Government._As soon as I took office, I clearly said this period of transition should end as quickly as possible. I called for a return to the constitutional order through a rapid referendum, and through transparent and democratic elections. I asked the international community to support my country in these efforts._The answer (from the United Nations, from the African Union, from the International Francophone Organization, from the Southern African Development Community) consisted of imposing a "consensual and inclusive" transition under the threat of sanctions. The sanctions included suspending the economic help without which my country is condemned to durable and inevitable chaos. The principle of a "consensual and inclusive" transition is in itself perfectly praiseworthy. Unfortunately, this principle clashed with the Malagasy reality, the limits of which the international community has apparently not been able to measure or appreciate.
What kind of consensus could have been found with a former president who is hated by his people, who plundered his country for his exclusive benefit, who ordered the shooting of a crowd demonstrating its legitimate will to see regime change?_Why demand, at all costs, that a national reconciliation process include two former heads of state—one who was deposed by the National Assembly and the other who is under severe penal prosecution, and whose political representation in Madagascar is almost nonexistent?_How could one imagine that a "consensual and inclusive" solution could be found with heads of parties and former heads of state, who have been disqualified by the Malagasy people but brought back to the political stage through gamesmanship? Why, when their sole aim is to demand more than what is reasonable, to block compromise, and to serve only the forces of inertia, should I be the only one held responsible for the failure of negotiations?
There are in Madagascar living forces who are much more representative of the people and of their aspirations than those who are responsible for the failures of the past, and who are still today demonstrating their incapacity to overcome mere partisan interests._I have however accepted, under pressure from international authorities and considering the risk of eventual sanctions for my country, to compromise with heads of parties designated by these authorities. My hope is that if we are guided solely by the interest of the people and of the country, we can find a consensual way to organize quick elections._Readers should recall that, despite the fact that I have the support of a large majority of the Malagasy people and of the army, I have, during diverse negotiations in Antananarivo, Maputo, and Addis Ababa, agreed to many compromises—probably more than I should have, given my strong base. But this is not enough for my interlocutors. Their revanchist spirit and appetite for power overwhelm the general interest._But the Malagasy people have been waiting for six months, impatiently, for the end to an illusory and unnatural mediation. Madagascar is being held hostage to a logic that it does not understand. Because there is no exit in sight and because the country is in the midst of a long stagnation, my fellow citizens are made into victims. There is an urgent need to end this situation._I have therefore taken the decision to stop participating to the so-called Maputo negotiations. It is my responsibility as president of the Transition is to give the Malagasy people a voice. Only a legitimate authority will be able to democratically put an end to this difficult period of trouble._I have designated a new prime minister in charge of leading the current government, whom I am confirming in his duties and whose only mission, apart from the management of daily affairs, is to organize the next elections. I can announce that the election of the members of the Constituent Assembly of the Sixth Republic will take place on March 20, 2010. On that date, the current government will resign._
_A new prime minister will then be appointed from the party which wins a majority in the next elections. That prime minister will be in charge of forming a new government, taking into account the representation of various political forces in the new parliament. This government, the result of legislative elections, will be charged with organizing presidential elections so that the new president of the Republic could take up his post before June 26.
_After the Maputo failure, there is no other solution to end this crisis. The Malagasy people must have the liberty to choose their own future. May the international community understand that there is no other alternative, and help us on the path to return to the constitutional order.
At this point I don't think anyone believes that there will be any sort of inclusiveness in Rajoelina's elections and that they is a "solution" to the political crisis. The election, if it occurs, can not possibly be transparent as it will be run exclusively by the illegal government (since the international community does not agree with his elections) and it will do nothing but elect yet another PM that will Rajoelina's bidding.
The only part of this article that I believe to be true is that the Malagasy people must have the liberty to choose their own future, but unfortunately they will not have the opportunity as long as Rajoelina governs. All of us in the international community understand that there are no other alternatives but to negotiate our way out of this crisis and we hope that Rajoelina will take the path to returning constitutional order and peace to Madagascar.
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TACOMA, Wash. — Washington state may not force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal is to suppress religious objections by druggists — not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them.
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U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton heard closing arguments earlier this month in a lawsuit that claimed state rules violate the constitutional rights of pharmacists by requiring them to dispense such medicine. The state requires pharmacies to dispense any medication for which there is a community need and to stock a representative assortment of drugs needed by their patients.
Ralph's Thriftway in Olympia, Wash., and two licensed Washington pharmacists sued in 2007, saying that dispensing Plan B would infringe on their religious beliefs because it can prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg. The state argued that the requirements are legal because they apply neutrally to medicines and pharmacies, and that they promote a government interest — the timely delivery of medicine, including Plan B, which becomes less effective as time passes.
But Leighton said Wednesday that the state allows all sorts of business exemptions to that rule. Pharmacies can decline to stock a drug, such as certain painkillers, if it's likely to increase the risk of theft, or if it requires an inordinate amount of paperwork, or if the drug is temporarily unavailable from suppliers, among other reasons.
If the state allows exemptions for non-religious reasons, he said, it must also allow them for religious or moral ones, he said.
"The rules force a pharmacy to choose between compliance with delivery and stocking rules and employing a conscientious objector as a pharmacist," he said.
The judge blocked the state dispensing rule in 2007, finding that it would violate the plaintiffs' freedom of religion. But a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel overruled him, saying that he applied the wrong legal standard and that the rule appeared constitutional because it was neutral and did not directly target religious views.
The appellate court sent the case back to Leighton, telling him to apply the correct standard. He held an 11-day trial to flesh out the matter, and said that he was issuing his ruling with the benefit of a more complete understanding of the rules than the 9th Circuit judges had.
At the early February hearing, Leighton said the contraceptive issue is more important than many other freedom-of-religion cases, such as those concerning religious dress or other ceremonial matters.
Plan B had been at the center of the state's decision in 2007 to adopt the Washington Board of Pharmacy's dispensary requirements. The drug, which has a high dose of medicine found in birth-control pills, is effective in preventing pregnancy if a woman takes it within 72 hours of unprotected sex.
Individual pharmacists were allowed to pass a prescription to another druggist in the same store, provided the order is not delayed. But that leaves no option for a lone pharmacist or a pharmacy owner with religious objections to a particular drug.
The pharmacists argued they can easily and quickly refer customers to nearby drug stores willing to sell the drug, but women's rights groups said that may not be the case in rural areas. It might also be difficult for those with disabilities if their pharmacists decide not to dispense it for personal reasons, they said. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell emergency contraceptives.
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Johannes BrahmsBorn 7 May 1833. Died 3 April 1897
Johannes Brahms Biography (Wikipedia)
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna. His reputation and status as a composer are such that he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs" of music, a comment originally made by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow.
Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, and voice and chorus. A virtuoso pianist, he premiered many of his own works. He worked with some of the leading performers of his time, including the pianist Clara Schumann and the violinist Joseph Joachim (the three were close friends). Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire. An uncompromising perfectionist, Brahms destroyed some of his works and left others unpublished.
Brahms has been considered, by his contemporaries and by later writers, as both a traditionalist and an innovator. His music is firmly rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of the Classical masters. While many contemporaries found his music too academic, his contribution and craftsmanship have been admired by subsequent figures as diverse as Arnold Schoenberg and Edward Elgar. The diligent, highly constructed nature of Brahms's works was a starting point and an inspiration for a generation of composers. Embedded within his meticulous structures, however, are deeply romantic motifs.
- Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minorhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p01y9t41.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p01y9t41.jpg2018-04-30T10:01:00.000ZBuilding a Library surveys recordings of Brahms's Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p065rbf5
Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor
- Brahms: String Quartet No.3 in B flat, Op.67https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p01bqkmb.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p01bqkmb.jpg2017-11-25T13:02:00.000ZBuilding a Library explores Brahms's Third String Quartet in B flat major, Op 67.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p05p5yv3
Brahms: String Quartet No.3 in B flat, Op.67
- Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale, Op 56a – excerpt (Prom 74)https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p05fl4m8.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p05fl4m8.jpg2017-09-09T10:29:00.000ZBrahms's Variations transform Haydn's chorale tune into a graceful sicilienne and a swaying, syncopated dance.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p05fl3xp
Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale, Op 56a – excerpt (Prom 74)
- Catriona Morison - Die Mainacht (Johannes Brahms)https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p0533bkl.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p0533bkl.jpg2017-05-16T14:01:55.000ZThe BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finalist Catriona Morison performs live for Classics Unwrapped, accompanied by Erik Garcia on pianohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p053345x
Catriona Morison - Die Mainacht (Johannes Brahms)
- Catriona Morison - Auf dem Kirchhofe (Johannes Brahms)https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p0533642.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p0533642.jpg2017-05-16T13:13:59.000ZThe BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finalist Catriona Morison performs live for Classics Unwrapped, accompanied by Erik Garcia on pianohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p053344q
Catriona Morison - Auf dem Kirchhofe (Johannes Brahms)
- Beautiful Brahms: Mark Simpson and Richard Uttley perform his Clarinet Sonata live on In Tunehttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04d37sl.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04d37sl.jpg2016-10-25T10:40:00.000ZClarinettist Mark Simpson and pianist Richard Uttley play the first movement of the Clarinet Sonata in E flat major by Johannes Brahms.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p04d3dy6
Beautiful Brahms: Mark Simpson and Richard Uttley perform his Clarinet Sonata live on In Tune
- Proms interval talk: Brahms's Second Symphonyhttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p03ph31k.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p03ph31k.jpg2016-09-04T14:26:00.000ZA discussion of Brahms's Second Symphony.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p046t50b
Proms interval talk: Brahms's Second Symphony
- Brahmshttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p01r4j1n.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p01r4j1n.jpg2016-08-05T12:00:00.000ZDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Johannes Brahms.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p0437s77
- Proms interval talk: Simon Callow reads from the German Romanticshttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p041w2v1.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p041w2v1.jpg2016-08-05T11:44:00.000ZActor and writer Simon Callow reads from some of the German Romantic authors, playwrights and poets who inspired Johannes Brahms.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p043q122
Proms interval talk: Simon Callow reads from the German Romantics
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major (extract)
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor (extract)
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (extract)https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p03ntv1r.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p03ntv1r.jpg2016-04-18T11:00:00.000ZPreview of music performed at the BBC Promshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p03nv219
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (extract)
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor (extract)
- Brahms: Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 99.https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p02wtqr5.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p02wtqr5.jpg2015-07-11T13:20:00.000ZBuilding a Library compares recordings of the second cello sonata by Johannes Brahms.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p02wtqr9
Brahms: Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 99.
- Brahms Experience: Johannes Brahmshttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p028d6h1.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p028d6h1.jpg2014-10-10T12:00:00.000ZDonald Macleod explores the friendship between Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumannhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p028d7fh
Brahms Experience: Johannes Brahms
- Stephen Grosz on Brahmshttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p023y1qp.jpghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p023y1qp.jpg2014-07-31T12:28:00.000ZPsychoanalyst Stephen Grosz on humming Brahms' third symphony.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p023y1r2
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Capriccio in C major, Op 76 No 8
Scherzo in C minor (F.A.E. Sonata)
Sonata No.2 op 100, 3. Allegretto graziosa (quasi Andante)
Double Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Op.102)
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Tragic Overture Op 81
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Intermezzi Op.117; no.1 in E flat major; no.2 in B flat minor
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Symphony No. 3 in F Op. 90 iv) Finale
25 Variations and fugue on a theme by G F Handel Op.24 for piano
String Sextet No 2 in G major, Op 36 - 2nd movement, Scherzo
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt)
Quartet in B flat, Op.67: 4) Poco allegretto con variazioni
Sonata No.2 in F, Op.99
Ihr Habt Nun Traurigkeit from A German Requiem
Hungarian Dance No. 10
Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor
Klage 1 (Ach, mir fehlt), Op.69 no.1
Sonata for Cello and piano No.1 (Op.38) in E minor
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Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op 68
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Hungarian Dance No 4 in F sharp minor
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Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor, Op 38 (2nd mvt)
Quartet for piano and strings No.3 (Op.60) "Werther" in C minor
'Vivace ma non troppo' from Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op.78
5 Romances and songs Op.84 for 1 or 2 voices and piano; no.1; Sommerabend
Sonata in F Minor Op.120`1 for clarinet or viola and piano: 2nd movement; Andante un poco adagio
3 Songs for chorus, Op 42
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When Sailor Moon Crystal debuts in Japan next month, it will bring the preeminent magical girl (also known as mahou-shojo in Japanese) anime back to TV for the first time since 1997. But Sailor Moon isn't the only anime superheroine deserving of a comeback — here are seven more magical girls we'd like to see back on the air.
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Although Sailor Moon brought the magical girl genre to the forefront, the four-woman art team known as Clamp is probably the best-known mahou-shojo comic maker. One of their works is Magic Knight Rayearth, which takes three 8th-grade girls, transports them from a school field trip to Tokyo Tower to a fantasy world where they have big swords and magic powers, and sets them on a very videogame-like quest to rescue a princess from an evil priest. A blueprint for a classic, 16-bit Japanese RPG game as much as a manga or anime, updating Rayearth to take place in modern MMORPGs would be a breeze, especially with the ever-growing ranks of female gamers. Frankly, we could always use more series about damsels in distress getting rescued by badass women.
2) Princess Knight
Like pretty much everything about Japanese manga, the foundation for the magical girl genre was laid down by by Oszum Tezuka, the "god of manga." Besides setting the visual style that would dominate the art form, and creating myriad beloved characters like Astro Boy, Tezuka worte Princess Knight from 1953-56, about a princess named Ribbon who had to pretend she was a boy to inherit her father's throne (to prevent an evil Duke from taking over the kingdom). While living in a medieval fantasy world, and thus lacking the trademark sailor suit, Ribbon still had time to dress up in a Zorro-style mask to fight evil as the mysterious Phantom Knight. While it could use some updating (for instance, she has an angel palling around with her, and the reason Ribbon is so adventurous is because she has a boy's heart as well as a girl's heart), it would be very cool to bring this classic Tezuka character to modern audiences.
3) Card Captor Sakura
If the Sailor Scouts of Sailor Moon were the Beatles, then Card Captor Sakura was a one-girl Rolling Stones. The almost-as-popular series from Clamp ran concurrently with Sailor Moon, presenting the same basic themes — a girl with hidden, magical powers who fights evil in a schoolgirl uniform — with some essential differences; Sakura was much younger that the Sailor Moon girls, she was tasked with collecting magical Clow Cards for a little "Gotta Catch 'Em All" structure, and of course her posse was otherwise magical girl free. Still, Card Captor Sakura didn't suffer from a lack of popularity, spawning movies, videogames and more. But the real reason CCS deserves a modern remake is that the show was butchered — butchered — when it came to America. The show was edited to turn Sakura's love interest Syaoran into the main character even though he had half the screen-time of the real main character — and Sakura was even dropped from the U.S. title, which ended up as Cardcaptors. Cardcaptors was so terrible that anime licensor Pioneer couldn't sell the DVDs of the adaptation, despite it being on TV… while the DVDs of the original Japanese version sold just fine.
4) Revolutionary Girl Utena
Utena was a magical girl series ahead of its time. A mix of artistry, complex storytelling and forward-thinking gender politics wrapped in what only seemed on the surface to be a run-of-the-mill magical girl series, Utena has been a cult favorite ever since its 1997 debut. Clearly inspired by Princess Knight, Utena subverts a great deal about the magical genre genre. Utena is a young girl who is determined to become a prince, and while at the Ohtori Academy, she has devoted herself to protecting Anthy, a disturbingly meek damsel-in-distress with a secret dark streak. The girls lust after Utena, the boys constantly duel Utena for Anthy, her relationship with Anthy is far from healthy — but who wins the final duel will win Anthy, and supposedly the power to revolutionize the world. Frankly, other than adding modern animation, there's virtually nothing that needs to be added to Revolutionary girl Utena — although perhaps a bit more context for the scene where Utena turns into a car would be nice.
5) Sally the Witch
While Princess Knight laid the foundation, Sally the Witch was the series that built the magical girl genre. Inspired by the American sitcom Bewitched — which was phenomenally popular in Japan — Sally is about the titular witch who longs to leave her Magic Kingdom to hang out on Earth. When she sees two schoolgirls in trouble, she can't help but come down, and with two new friends, decides to stick around a while. Much like Samatha on Bewitched, Sally tries to hide her supernatural powers from all the regular humans she encounters, which leads to many a wacky mishap. Sally the Witch had a remake in 1989, but it's high time we brought her back for round 2.
6) Akazukin Chacha
Akazukin Chacha — best translated as "Red Riding Hood Chacha" — never made it over to the U.S., so don't be concerned if you haven't heard of it. It takes the classic fairy tale pretty liberally, in the sense that Red is a young, accident-prone, apprentice witch named Chacha who hangs out with a young, OCD wizard named Shiine, and an aloof pup of a nearby werewolf clan named Riiya (whose werewolf form, by the way, is adorable). The anime deviates from the manga by making Chacha a full-on magical girl, with a pendant that lets her transform into the powerful (and grown-up) Magical Princess, but only when she's with Riiya and Shiine. While Akazukin Chacha hits all the main tropes, it's also, really really funny — one of those cartoons for young kids that can be enjoyed by people of any age.
7) Devil Hunter Yohko
Devil Hunter Yohko was one of the early hits in the mid-'90s anime craze, and I can confidentially say it was for one reason: the words "CONTAINS BRIEF NUDITY" on the VHS packaging. However, it was a nice side-benefit that Yohko was actually pretty entertaining. Although it seems like the most traditional genre story of all time now — teenage girl discovers she's part of an ancient line of demon hunters with a propensity for magically transforming into a tight dress and kicking supernatural ass — it seemed blazingly new in the early '90s, thanks in no small part to the burgeoning craze of what was then called "Japanimation." Devil Hunter Yohko was also what used to be called "raunchy," with a teenage protagonist who was looking forward to losing her virginity, a grandmother who kept tossing her condoms, a randomly S&M-loving school principle, and more. But the action was solid, the supporting cast was fun, and no one would consider its thoroughly PG-13 antics too perverse these days. But I may just be biased because it had the most inexplicably insane ending them song of all time:
No sooner do I fall in love
Than everyone turns out to be a terrorist...
They hide their big black machine guns,
Where they think that I can't see them,
But only one out of all of them,
Has any chance of becoming
My one true love...


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