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Entry: Hitchens' Hubris Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/hitchens_hubris#2728 Post contents: "In the first place, what makes you attribute such a belief to Schoenberg? He was, so far as I’ve ever heardl, a believer. He identified himself, at various times in his life, as a Protestant, a Catholic, and a Jew. So he can hardly be a good example, even if we discount his art, which this Catholic agrees with almost all the musical profession as being among the great creations of European musical art." Yes indeed. And there have been plenty of atonal (or otherwise radical) composers who have been believers, other examples being Penderecki, Schnittke and Stravinsky. Sent at: 2008 07 06