O'Connell, John Morgan and Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco. Music and conflict. Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Pacem is an expression that is done in a musical way for the desire for worldly peace that will be enjoyed by all people. There is also the desire to have personal peace that is achieved from within. Peace is the state where everything is even without any aggression. Pacem is the Latin word that means peace. Latin has been chosen to bring out this aspect of peace in that it brings out universality perfectly. There are other reasons for choosing Latin. One of them is that it is as a tribute to the people who influenced this piece, like Franco-Flemish Renaissance. They bring out the best of their works and the best of the message that is advocated.
Chan, Charity. The teaching of contemporary improvisation. 2011. 27 March 2013
Another reason for choosing Latin is that it brings out the aspect of peace in the universe in a perfect way and manner. The need for peace is a universal need that is desired by all people no matter their race, geographical locations, historical affiliations, religion or other boundaries that separate people. The work represents the need to have peace and inner stability of the mind. This is the need and the requirement to understand the aspects that revolves around peace and universal stability. The maestoso and the strong statements that are found in the main them show the need to have peace among all people. In these statements are optimisms of attainment of peace of all people in the whole world.
Gramit, David. Cultivating Music: The Aspirations, Interests, and Limits of German Musical Culture, 1770-1848. California: University of California Press, 2002.
The other statement in the Pacem is somewhat conflicted and ambiguous. This means that there is a lot of effort that needs to be undertaken in order to achieve peace. This will mean that it requires persistence and struggle for peace to be achieved. The persistence that is so sought in the world means that the achievement of peace is an uphill task that will remain a challenge that is yet to be attained in the world.
Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization. New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2010.
This is challenge that is worth fighting for in the world. There is the call to have peace in the whole world. From piece, outside peace is not enough. There is a need to have inward peace. This way, everyone will be content with their states. There will be no strife from within. There are damages that have been met because of the lack of peace that comes from within. There is a need to have this peace. The theme of the song is to have peace from the mind and externally.
Natanson, Martin. Literature, philosophy, and the social sciences. The Hague: Martin Nijhoff, 1968.
Peace is desired in the world because without peace, it is hard to achieve the many things that man desires without there being peace. Robert Spittal understood this aspect so well and was the basis for his music. The main theme was to have an urge that would let people understand the role of peace in the whole world and in the life of an individual. Pacem best brings the aspect of peace. The work of this artist has been known to be objective and to the point. This is because the desire is to achieve and attain the freedom that is so desired. This piece of art that he brings about shows the thoroughness and the fineness that he puts to his writings. He had a bigger picture of achieving peace in the whole world. This is the reason why he chooses everything that would reflect universal aspects of peace, Pacem.
Works Cited
Chan, Charity. The teaching of contemporary improvisation. 2011. 27 March 2013
Gramit, David. Cultivating Music: The Aspirations, Interests, and Limits of German Musical Culture, 1770-1848. California: University of California Press, 2002.
Natanson, Martin. Literature, philosophy, and the social sciences. The Hague: Martin Nijhoff, 1968.
O'Connell, John Morgan and Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco. Music and conflict. Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization. New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2010.
