Posted September 25, 2012

September 25, 2012

The Case for Allowing Richard Wagner in Israel

In Ross’ opening paragraph, he relates an 2012 political ad which features a variant of Siegfried’s Funeral Music playing as demonic images of President Obama roll across the screen. Ross will speak on Richard Wagner at the New Yorker Festival on October 7th. In a talk titled “The Wagner Vortex” Ross will address the controversy that surrounds Richard Wagner and his music, even to this day.

Here is a link to the article:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/09/the-case-for-wagn…