Klarinet Archive - Posting 000184.txt from 1998/12

From: mgustav <mgustav@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner's Ring again
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:52:43 -0500

That's correct. His life has nothing to do with his art. His life ended in the
19th century but his music lives on. There are many interpretations of Wagner's
works, some that may have flattered him or disturbed and confused him, to name a
few, Thomas Mann and Nietzsche. If one wants Mime or Alberich to be jews then
they can be but they can mean something else. The source for these characters is
old and complex and the more one knows about myths, cultures and humanity the
more difficult it will be to simply think that Mime represents the "Jewish
problem." However, I have no problem with the view of Mr. Leeson, the origin
of the thread. It's his deeply felt view and others share it but I would like to
add that that view is one point of view of the Ring.

For Mr. Pay, I had mentioned in a much earlier posting a book entitled "Wagner's
'Ring' and Its Symbols" by Robert Donington. Joseph Campbell discusses Tristan,
Parsifal, the Ring, Meistersinger, etc. in his book "Creative Mythology: The
Masks of God".

Mark Gustavson

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