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China tells visiting musicians: drop sacred music from programs
October 07, 2008
Chinese officials are striking religious music from the programs of visiting musical groups. Mozart's Requiem-- the piece played by a Chinese orchestra on a goodwill visit to the Vatican-- is off limits for Chinese audiences, as is Handel's Messiah. More remarkably, Chinese censors recently struck Carmina Burana, a piece whose Latin text was apparently enough to suggest religious intent.
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