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Das Judenthum in der Musik
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"Das Judenthum in der Musik" (German for "Jewishness in Music", but normally translated Judaism in Music; spelled after its first publications, according to modern German spelling practice, as ‘Judentum’) is an essay by Richard Wagner which attacks Jews in general and the composers Giacomo Meyerbeer and Felix Mendelssohn in particular. It was published under a pseudonym in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (NZM) of Leipzig in September 1850 and was reissued in a greatly expanded version under Wagner's name in 1869. It is regarded by some as an important landmark in the history of German antisemitism.
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original title:
Das Judenthum in der Musik
date of publication:
1850 or 1869
main subject:
music theory, antisemitism, Felix Mendelssohn, Giacomo Meyerbeer
published in:
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
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