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From:  thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
Date:  Sun Oct 1, 2000  2:07 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] RE: 'opera singer' was junior, church- my rant



> > > 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


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