Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 2004/01

From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:58:49 -0500

<< How did Toscanini and other musicians look at Wagner at Bayreuth in the
1880's or 1890's...did society of the time perceive the anti-Semitism? >>

Interestingly enough, Toscanini conducted Wagner several times with the
Palestine Philharmonic in the 1920s and '30s. It was only after
Kristallnacht in 1938 that the musicians of the orchestra decided that the
association of Wagner with the Nazis was such they were no longer willing to
play the music---thus starting the "Wagner Taboo" of Israel which lasted up
until very recently, when Barenboim performed, I think, the Tristan
Overture.

Interestingly, this was a taboo only as regards live performance---the music
has always been available in Israel on record, and has also been played on
the radio.

-- Joe

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