Songs such as We Shall Overcome have been of great significance in many civil rights demonstrations. International conferences may be launched by musical or vocal pieces. Even the United Nations and the EEC attach importance to their respective orchestras. In certain cultures songs may be especially used by women to accompany tedious work. It was recently rumoured that one of the most productive assembly lines was composed of African women singing and dancing to their work.
Many students now choose to study to the accompaniment of music.
Advertising Perhaps most aesthetically offensive to some is the way in which Beauty is exploited in advertising. It could be said that the most familiar poetry now takes the form of advertising jingles, ditties and slogans. Clearly considerably more is now invested in such commercial art than in other forms. This is not the place to distinguish the conditions under which institutionalized religion has used Beauty to carry or disguise its message from those in which Beauty is a natural expression of some spiritual understanding. There has always been a certain tendency to enhance and enoble scientific meetings with a suitably chosen poem in the printed proceedings.