> > > Me, I can sit through Verdi. Four hours of Wagner, that's a > > > different story. > > > > > > Elizabeth "*%$# Nazi music!" Finkler > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/ > > > mightymezzo@h...
> This comment concerns me. I would hope classical musicians paid more > attention to music history ! > Hitler is reported to have liked Wagner. This is where the assoc. of Hitler > and Wagner started. So if Hitler liked dogs should we all hate dogs ? Not > very logical. Someone also pointed out that Wagner was 19 th century and > Hitler was 20 th century, these two men did not know each other.
Wagner was also anti-Semitic, thus the Wagner-Hitler connection. Now let's all drop this before it turns into something ugly, that quite frankly is bordering on bullying toward one well-regarded list-member, much like what you might find at 3rd grade recess. Cut it out!
Mark Montgomery
|
| |