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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000032.txt from 1998/10

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Wager (and the Ring)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:40:30 -0400

Dan Leeson wrote:

<<<I would not have brought up these specifics if Roger had not asked,
because it is not entirely seemly to speak of their details, so
disgusting do they become.>>>

Disgusting, indeed. However, Dan, you have done a great service by
reminding us of them. Until now, I was unaware of any of this--and I've
attended the Ring here in Seattle twice.

I always thought of Wagner as pretty good music until the singing started.
Now I'm not so sure about even that. Let's just say that my 1-yr old son is
now unlikely to hear any Wagner, at least until he can understand the full
story.

It's important to keep this information alive. I paraphrase--if you forget
history, you're doomed to repeat it. Ideas like Wagner's are a lot like
mold--often the best way to be rid of them is to expose them to the
sunlight.

kjf

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