This, then, is a familiar distinction, the contrast between scrutiny of art’s social background and the connoisseur’s concern with artworks’ visual qualities. In principle, perhaps these two approaches are complimentary. But in practice, they seem to come into conflict.
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Israeli Public Radio Plays Wagner, Suffers Backlash, Apologizes
The station Kol HaMusica broadcast Act Three of Götterdämmerung in a 1991 Bayreuth performance led by Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim. Because of the composer’s anti-Semitic beliefs and the co-optation of his music by the Nazi regime, there has been an unofficial but sternly defended ban on performing or broadcasting Wagner in Israel for the country’s entire history.
Peter Frame, Former New York City Ballet Principal, Commits Suicide At 61
After dancing with the company for 14 years, he went on to become a beloved teacher at the School of American Ballet, where he developed a strength training class for male dancers to improve their lifts and partnering.