Why is Richard Wagners music banned in Israel?
Here’s an interesting link on this subject: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsou… Of course, R.W. died in 1883, before A.H. was even born, so we can only speculate as to how much R. would have personally endorsed National Socialism. However, we do know that his daughter-in-law, the English-born Winifred Wagner, enthusiastically did; her cultural pursuits and personal relationships to that end were pervaded with the elements of sexual, artistic, and creative frustration, aesthetic and philosophical grandstanding, and associated displaced hatred which characterized the circle she joined. More about this particular music drama: Richard Wagner’s Bayreuth Festival was envisioned as a family business, with the leadership to be passed from Richard Wagner to his son Siegfried Wagner. However, Siegfried, a closet homosexual, showed little interest in marriage. It was arranged that Winifred Kli
