The story goes like this, in 1910 there was a great risk of a European War. A conference was being held in Switzerland. No one was getting much of anywhere and war seemed inevitible. One of the people there managed to arrange a performance of the fourth movement, in a cathedral (IIRC), and the diplomats were so moved by the sentiments they managed to patch things up, and peace held for another four years.
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Date: 2009-05-08 04:23 pm (UTC)The story goes like this, in 1910 there was a great risk of a European War. A conference was being held in Switzerland. No one was getting much of anywhere and war seemed inevitible. One of the people there managed to arrange a performance of the fourth movement, in a cathedral (IIRC), and the diplomats were so moved by the sentiments they managed to patch things up, and peace held for another four years.