What a beautiful short story. Samuel Pokrass, a famous composer, wrote military songs during the Russian Civil War (1917-1920) before emigration to the United States. He worked for both the Reds and the Whites - the melody was the same, but the lyrics were different. The success of his songs was stunning. In the 1930s, he worked in Hollywood and wrote the music for the musical film Three Musketeers (1939). Music is always universal, everyone loves it, but lyrics often politicize and divide, especially if your country is in the Civil War.