Yoel L. Arbeitman: >Barenboim claimed to be totally unaware of the virulent anti-semitism >(read Judenhass) of Richard Wagner several years ago and from what I >read at that time it seems that only his friend Prof. Said let him in >on the secret. If this is true, we have here a very naive man indeed. Or a man who just doesn't care. I hate to point out the obvious, but the composer and the music are somewhat distinct. After all, if you didn't perform the music of all the anti-semites who ever wrote, you'd be performing very little classical music indeed. Steve Schwartz