Re: Nazis znd music

[avi finegold <afinegold...>]

it seems that that is what many people on this list
are implying about wagners music....

avi



--- R Locker <rlocker (at) att(dot)net> wrote:
> Sounds like an oxymoron to me.
> R.
> 
> i think thats true only up until a certain point. i
> have the feeling that if a work was virulently
> antisemitic, such as a neonazi punk band (which is a
> bad example because theyre usually quite
> untalented),
> or a work of visual art that used swastikas and
> antisemitic phrases in a glorifying manner, then no
> matter how wondrous or beautiful they would be i
> think
> youd have a hard time accepting it into the pantheon
> of great works. 
> 
> avi
> 
> 
> R Locker <rlocker (at) att(dot)net> wrote:
> 
> > his human errors.
> >     One shouldn't forget who is or is not
> > anti-semetic, and it's perfectly
> > legitimate to decide whether or not to listen
> based
> > on that knowledge, but
> > history makes the ultimate decisions about the
> > quality of the work.
> > Best regards to all,
> >                    
> >
> 
> i think thats true only up until a certain point. i
> have the feeling that if a work was virulently
> antisemitic, such as a neonazi punk band (which is a
> bad example because theyre usually quite
> untalented),
> or a work of visual art that used swastikas and
> antisemitic phrases in a glorifying manner, then no
> matter how wondrous or beautiful they would be i
> think
> youd have a hard time accepting it into the pantheon
> of great works. 
> 
> avi
> 
> 
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