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Richard Wagner's music is not for everyone. I also discovered that he was not a popular figure in the Zenker family.

My great-grandfather was a conservative finance minister in Saxony who thought Bismarck was a liberal. Wagner was implicated in the 1849 uprisings in Dresden and was considered a rabblerouser.

Moreover, Wagner's dismissal of bourgeois ideas of the sanctity of the family did not sit well with my ancestors.

  Last edited or checked August 1, 2004