jmc's classics
As I have previously mentioned, Wagner was controversial. His music was favored by the Nazis and his music was played in the concentration camps. Wagner had Anti Semitic Views. Many Jewish people do not like his music. Many have played or conducted it. I like his instrumental piece Sigfreid Idle which he wrote in 1870 for his wife to commemorate the birth of his son.
In 1983 there were rumors of finding Hitler's diaries. There was a funny skit on Saturday Night Live ( the episode which Stevie Wonder hosted) where they were playing the Ride of the Valkaries. The Nazis and Anti-Semitism are not funny. However this was sort of. I am not Jewish. Wagner did hire Jewish people to play in his orchestra or sing his operas. I do like some of his music. The controverises should not get in the way of it.
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