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Jewish and Black Wagner
Probably THE definitive text on Wagner's virulent Anti-semitism and racial prejudices. Interestingly, the B-side to this essay highlights the somehow-even-more-hateful German writers and philosophers in the fin-de-siècle and how they wielded Wagner's cultural godhood as an evil megaphone; amplifying his views and grotesquifying them in his name.
REQUIRED READING FOR ALL MUSICIANS
— Mar 27, 2026 11:09AM
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Jewish and Black Wagner
Probably THE definitive text on Wagner's virulent Anti-semitism and racial prejudices. Interestingly, the B-side to this essay highlights the somehow-even-more-hateful German writers and philosophers in the fin-de-siècle and how they wielded Wagner's cultural godhood as an evil megaphone; amplifying his views and grotesquifying them in his name.
REQUIRED READING FOR ALL MUSICIANS
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5. Holy German Art
The Kaiserreich and Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
All of these miserable men writing Wagner fanfiction made me finally understand how Wagner became a symbol of the elites and ,in turn, authoritarianism. He was quite literally a German Cultural God and his likeness was used as propaganda for Nationalistic views. MUCH more to say about the baggage his name carries but I’m being cut off!
— Feb 26, 2026 12:21PM
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The Kaiserreich and Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
All of these miserable men writing Wagner fanfiction made me finally understand how Wagner became a symbol of the elites and ,in turn, authoritarianism. He was quite literally a German Cultural God and his likeness was used as propaganda for Nationalistic views. MUCH more to say about the baggage his name carries but I’m being cut off!
