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Richard Wagner's Controversial Legacy with Alex Ross

Category: Music
Duration: 00:50:07
Publish Date: 2020-08-11 06:00:00
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How should we understand the legacy of Richard Wagner, the most controversial composer in history? Why did Wagner's music and ideas once assume such a colossal influence on culture, and what does it mean that the multiplicity of that influence has been largely forgotten in light of his anti-Semitism? A conversation with Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker and author of the forthcoming book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music.

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