Wagners Rep
Is there a particular composer whose music strikes fear into you, so much so that you are reluctant to even touch on listening to? I know there is such a composer for me and his name is Richard Wagner. Apart from Die Walkuren, made popular by the film Apocalypse Now, I have to admit not venturing any further.
Wagners reputation precedes him, somewhat unfairly it seems. For in the 19th Century holding anti-semetic views was common. Of course I'm not saying that such views can be apologised for, but I have to take into account the prevailing attitudes of the day before I can even begin to access. Wagner therefore was not alone in his views, the fact that he was Hitlers favourite composers has, unfortunately for him highlighted his anti-semetic views, to the detriment of other perspectives.
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