### WAGNER’S THOUGHTS ON CHRISTIANITY AND ANTI-SEMITISM Prof. Colette Simonot Music 365.3 Amy Kebernik Friday, April 6, 2001 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES 4-5 III. WAGNER AND ANTI-SEMITISM 5-6 IV. WAGNER AND CHRISTIANITY 7-8 V. SPIRITUAL & RACIAL CONCEPTS IN HIS MUSIC 8-9 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 10s The thoughts and ideas of Richard Wagner, in relation to anti-Semitism and Christianity, are linked not only to the social atmosphere he grew up in, but also to the writers …showed first 75 words of 1981 total…

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