Mats Norrman wrote:

>I agree wholeheartedly.  If the man now sometimes was antisemit, why need
>to knead it over and over again? I think to be doomed to be the worlds
>spitjar _for ever_ is a rather hard punishment.

Being regarded as one of the greatest composers of all times and having
your own annual (exclusive!) Festival can hardly be called "being the
world's spitjar".

Robert Peters
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