Richard Wagner was one of the most gifted, historically important composers to ever grace the planet. He was also one of the most pompous, rotten, viciously anti-Semitic, amoral manipulators who ev… ...

The Problem With Redemption for Wagner Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, and WEB Du Bois all drew on his work. Hitler was his most fateful disciple. Has the composer’s legacy been misunderstood?