What is the 'composer's intention?'

[Monsieur Croche]

History as a school subject, shallow as it may have been, was pretty extensive during my childhood. World history, Vermont history, American history - in that order. Vermont history was from an ancient, beat-up textbook, but it was the least mangled of the three, I think.

Battle of Hastings, 1066. No mention was made of the aftermath. Spanish Armada, 1688. No mention was made of the origin of the Black Irish.

~~~~~~~~~"Just the facts, ma'am." ~ Detective Sergeant Joseph Joe Friday