Wagner anyone?

[Dan Kazez <kazez...>]

14 February 1996

I'm curious...  Do you listen to Wagner?  Is it possible to disassociate
a composer's music from his personal beliefs and prejudices?  (And if 
you DO listen to Wagner, here is a hypothetical follow-up...  What
about Hitler?  If he had written a second symphony, what you have
any qualms listening to Hitler at home--perhaps humming the lovely
melodies of "Hitler's Second" as you drive to work?  [Yes, I know, 
Wagner wasn't quite "a Hitler."  But you get the point.])

Dan Kazez

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