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 | | In his antisemitic essay _Das Judenthum in Musik_ (1850), he described that assimilation in terms of Jews abandoning their cultural, linguistic and religious heritage, which he said was an act of great self-sacrifice, indeed, a kind of self-destruction. |
 | | In "Das Judenthum in Musik", probably best translated as "The Jews in Music", Wagner said that Jews should abandon their separate culture, religion, speech (the phrase "the cold indifference of its peculiar blabber" was an offensive reference to Yiddish), and merge with the mainstream of the cultures in which they lived. |
 | | While Die Feen, Das Liebesverbot and Rienzi are curious novelties, references to them alongside his recognized complete ouvre diminishes Wagner's influence and impact. |
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