{"id":6795,"date":"2016-12-28T03:19:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T03:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=6795"},"modified":"2016-12-28T03:19:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T03:19:10","slug":"song-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2016\/12\/song-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of 2016, Op. 84 &#8211; Musical Composition and Video by G. Stolyarov II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rationalbusinessjournal.rationalargumentator.com\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" alt=\"The New Renaissance Hat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><big><big><span style=\"color: #000080;\">G. Stolyarov II<\/span><br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>******************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZoqfrO9Nb9o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2016 was a bleak year for human decency and has brought a major erosion of the core values of civilization: liberty, reason, honesty, and peace. This tragic composition mourns the manifold loss of life, senseless destruction of property, rampant misinformation, tribalism, xenophobia, and cultural degeneration that swept much of the Western and non-Western world alike during the most regressive year of this millennium thus far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This composition is played using the Symphonic Orchestra in the Ludwig 3.0 Premium Software.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Download the MP3 file of this composition <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov\/Stolyarov_Song_of_2016.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This composition and video may be freely reproduced using the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike International 4.0 License.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Remember to LIKE, FAVORITE, and SHARE this video in order to spread rational high culture to others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">See the index of Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s compositions, all available for free download, <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G. Stolyarov II ****************************** 2016 was a bleak year for human decency and has brought a major erosion of the core values of civilization: liberty, reason, honesty, and peace. This tragic composition mourns the manifold loss of life, senseless destruction of property, rampant misinformation, tribalism, xenophobia, and cultural degeneration that swept much of the Western and non-Western world alike during the most regressive year of this millennium thus far. 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