Is Wagner bad for us?

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Is Wagner bad for us?

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Apr 10, 2013

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On the centenary of Wagner’s birth, Nicholas Spice asks in his Winter Lecture at the British Museum how his music works on us and what this tells us about music in general. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Apr 10, 2013

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Is Wagner bad for us?

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