Eurovision: after a slow post-war start, the bold vision that became Eurovision now lights up home screens across Europe. But the Swiss are now having second thoughts about competing in its annual pop-song contest.

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Eurovision: after a slow post-war start, the bold vision that became Eurovision now lights up home screens across Europe. But the Swiss are now having second thoughts about competing in its annual pop-song contest.

Quick now, music lovers everywhere--here's your Swiss News trivia question of the month: Which classical passage became the theme anthem for all Eurovision related broadcasts?

Time's up. It's the 'Te Deum' from Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Triumphal March--a reminder perhaps that the early vision of a Europe-wide showpiece tier television first took flight with images of high culture.

But "Old Europe" didn't react to that musical vision as h...

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