> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Jon Johanning wrote:
>
> > Hitler and other Nazis loved Wagner -- therefore,
> > Wagner's music is no good, and performances of it
> > should be prohibited. In fact, all his scores should
> > probably be burned. Etc.
>
> Although to be fair, unlike Nietzsche, Wagner really
> was repulsively anti-semitic, and it was deeply
> connected to his choice of theme.
>
> And yet the Ring Cycle is still a piece of genius.
It suffers from his conversion to buddhism, though.
cheers AN