A single "yes", a single "no", a "too soon" or "too late" make that moment irrevocable for hundreds of generations, determining the life of a single individual, that of an entire people and even the world. fate of all mankind.

STEFAN ZWEIG, Stellar moments of humanity.

 

In 1927, a book of novelized passages of history entitled Stellar Moments of Humanity was published. Its author, the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, included an enlightening prologue on what concerns the creation of a historical milestone. Zweig emphasizes that "each stellar moment sets a course for decades and centuries." This idea contains the essence of this thesis, explaining how a song became from the moment of its creation an identity symbol of a nation, lasting as such for more than a century, until reaching the present day.

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Zweig, S. Stellar moments of humanity. Fourteen historical miniatures.  Barcelona: Cliff, 23rd ed, 2019.

Zweig, S. Op. cit, p. 9.