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Wagner wrote the most influential operas of the nineteenth century, an enormous quantity of prose about what they meant, and — as documented fact, published under his own name — a viciously antisemitic essay, Das Judenthum in der Musik, which he reissued and expanded rather than retracted.

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Wagner wrote the most influential operas of the nineteenth century, an enormous quantity of prose about what they meant, and — as documented fact, published under his own name — a viciously antisemitic essay, Das Judenthum in der Musik, which he reissued and expanded rather than retracted.
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A strong starting point is Aspects of Wagner by Bryan Magee. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.

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