Das Judenthum in der Musik

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00

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Lot 319

WAGNER, RICHARD.

Das Judenthum in der Musik

<<FIRST EDITION>> in book form. From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool. pp. 57, (1). Light wear, few leaves creased, pervious owner’s marks in pencil. Contemporary boards. 8vo.

Leipzig: J. J. Weber 1869

Est: $500 - $700

This essay “Jewishness in Music” is an attack by Richard Wagner on Jews in general and the composers Giacomo Meyerbeer and Felix Mendelssohn in particular. It is an important landmark in the history and development of German anti-Semitism of the modern era. <<Accompanied by>> : Paulus Cassel. Der Judengott und Richard Wagner. Eine Antwort. pp. 44. Original printed wrappers. Berlin, 1881.