[Leica] Peter's article on Wagner is up

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

Well written
with good points
well made.

I grew up loving Wagner's music;
my dad played in all the time (and loudly).

The more I learned of his alleged politics
the less I listened.

It's funny how art and politics and knowledge or lack thereof work on  
the mind.
Separating an artist from their politics is no easy task.

Should the "work" stand on its own merits?
probably - yes

Yet, when it becomes propaganda
as in the case of Leni Riefenstahl
(much of whose art I find visually superb)
well?

Not saying it's the same for Wagner.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Aug 6, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Peter Klein wrote:

> LUG:  My article on Wagner's anti-Semitism and how it affects  
> appreciation
> of his music has been published.
> http://www.jtnews.net/index.php?/news/item/6375/C48/
>
> Note that the paper?s Web software strips out italics and paragraph
> indents, so titles don?t stand out properly.  There was very little
> editing this time, except for changing the technical term
> ?through-composed? to ?composed? in the penultimate paragraph.    
> All in
> all, I?m quite pleased with this one.
>
> --Peter
>
>
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