John Michael CooperJul 10, 20234 min readANTI-SEMITISM AND ANTI-JUDAISM IN ROMANTIC MUSIC (Part 4: Science's Betrayal, Music's Losses)IN TODAY’S POST: (1) European anti-Jewish intellectuals tender a hopelessly confused mélange of cultural anthropology, history, and...
John Michael CooperJul 5, 20234 min readANTI-SEMITISM AND ANTI-JUDAISM IN ROMANTIC MUSIC (Part 2: Richard Wagner)Richard Wagner's "On Jewry in Music," first published pseudonymously in 1850 and finally published in pamphlet form under Wagner's...
John Michael CooperJul 5, 20235 min readANTI-SEMITISM AND ANTI-JUDAISM IN ROMANTIC MUSIC (Part 1) This post and the following three are about the phenomenon of anti-Jewish attitudes and deeds that were pervasive in the musical worlds...