Klarinet Archive - Posting 000221.txt from 1998/10

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:19:14 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.40
> Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner

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> In a message dated 10/2/98 11:03:01 AM, leeson@-----.edu writes:
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> <<Furthermore, for you to use Mendelssohn as an example of a Jewish composer
> conducted by Wagner is the worst possible contrast. Felix Mendelssohn
> was a Protestant, specfically a Lutheran. He was a Christian. While
> it is true that he was of Jewish heritage, that is not a chromosomal
> condition that can never be gotten rid of. >>
>
> I believe that Mendelssohn may have called himself a protestant, etc... but
> usually those of Jewish descent who accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah are
> called Messianic Jews. All of my references to Mendelssohn as a Jew were
> becasue of his Jewish descent. Those of us who are "gentiles" and who then
> convert to Judaism are no more Jewish than anyone else. I had the
> understanding that it was not really the religion of the Jews that was hated,
> but more the race of Jews. (by the way, that paragraph may have alluded to me
> being Jewish, but I am a Christian. However, My last name is Morgenroth,
> which is a German Jewish name. )

I thank you for your contribution but this is going far afield from the
arena of general musical discussion. It might be offensive for either
or both of us to go into this topic in much greater depth. So if you
wish to pursue this, it is best if we do it off line. But I do want
you to know that almost nothing of what was said here corresponds to
traditional Christian or Jewish beliefs.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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