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, 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...
John Michael CooperJun 25, 20233 min readRACISM IN ROMANTIC MUSIC (3): ARCHIVAL SILENCINGIn Parts 1 and 2 of this four-part post I attempted a systems-level analysis of the means and mechanisms (“linchpins”) by which racism...