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Originally Posted by Burning Down
For example, I never knew about Wagner's EXTREME antisemitism and Hitler proclaiming his music be the official patriotic and stately music of the Third Reich, until I came across that information myself, in my first year of university. As somebody who comes from a mainly Jewish family, you can be certain that it upset me and the fact that Wagner was so highly praised by my teachers in high school sickened me.
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Why? I doubt anyone is saying he's a great man, just that he made a great contribution to music and became the cornerstone of modern classical music. Much in the same way Schenker's ideas probably would have been overlooked if Salzer hadn't stripped his theories of far-right political motives.