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Jewish conductor wants Wagner free of Nazi link

World Dec. 04, 2010 - 05:00AM JST ( 5 )

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sabiwabiDec. 04, 2010 - 11:42AM JST

Its about time.
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Bebert61Dec. 04, 2010 - 01:44PM JST

First, I'd like to praise Barenboim for getting past all of this Nazi-Holocaust drama and celebrating Wagner's music -despite the controversy- because he truly likes and enjoys Wagner's compositions. Bravo!

Still, while Wagner had nothing to do with Nazism, he was an anti-semite, and a good one at that. Also, his family did later support the Nazis and had a personal relationship with Hitler. Not that that takes anything away from the quality of Wagner's art.
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MadvertsDec. 04, 2010 - 07:20PM JST

Wagner's banner?

Put the trump holocaust trump card away for goodness sake, the gezzer died in the 19th century!
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hottomalesDec. 04, 2010 - 09:19PM JST

Fascinating how ridiculous people can be. The Germans pretty much did away with the name Adolf because of Hitler. The old Buddist line symbol creates aggitation because of its resemblence to a swastika which came later. People hate Wagner because Hitler liked him. I suppose we should consider vegetarianism evil because Hitler was a vegetarian? And never mind Einstein! Where does it end? Hitler claimed to be a Christian, he spoke German, he had a moustache, he owned dogs, drank alcohol and was anti-communist. We going to throw all those in the bin too?

In fact, by decrying Wagner, all they do is celebrate Hitler, as if he were some god to whom all the compositions of this great composer belong! What a ship of fools!
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sourpussDec. 04, 2010 - 09:44PM JST

hottomales, you beat me to the punch. kudos.