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Richard Wagner and the Jews (Paperback)
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It is well known that Richard Wagner, the renowned and
controversial 19th century composer, exhibited intense
antiSemitism. The evidence is everywhere in his writings as well as
in conversations his second wife recorded in her diaries. In his
infamous essay "Judaism in Music," Wagner forever cemented his
unpleasant reputation with his assertion that Jews were incapable
of either creating or appreciating great art. Wagner's close ties
with many talented Jews, then, are surprising. Most writers have
dismissed these connections as cynical manipulations and rank
hypocrisy. Examination of the original sources, however, reveals
something different: unmistakeable, undeniable empathy and
friendship between Wagner and the Jews in his life. Indeed, the
composer had warm relationships with numerous individual Jews. Two
of them resided frequently over extended periods in his home. One
of these, the rabbi's son Hermann Levi, conducted Wagner's final
opera--Parsifal.
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