Das Judenthum in der Musik
AUCTION 38 |
Thursday, November 29th,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 235
WAGNER, RICHARD
Das Judenthum in der Musik
Leipzig: J. J. Weber 1869
Est: $600 - $900
Wagner makes the charge that the Jew is bereft of true artistic creation; admitting the Jew to the world of art results in pernicious consequences. It has been suggested that Wagner's anti-Semitic rages were motivated by jealousy of his contemporary, the conductor Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Das Judenthum in der Musik is considered to be one of the first formulations of racial anti-Semitism. See P.R. Mendes-Flohr and J. Reinharz, Jewry in Music in: The Jew in the Modern World (1980) pp.268-71.