Klarinet Archive - Posting 000207.txt from 1998/10

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: RE: [kl] Re: Wagner
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:27:54 -0400

From: MorgyJr@-----.com>
>I also recall Tchaikovsky having some skeletons in his closet.
Unfortunately
>don't we all. It's sad when we find out horrible things about people
we once
>admire. Like Dan, there are parts of Wagner's music that are amazing.
It
>breaks my heart that he was overtly such a bigot.

The overt bigots/racists don't bother me nearly as much as the subtle
ones ...

This discussion of Wagner, at least to me, has been an eye-opener
especially as I am not and never have been a formal student of music
history.
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