Wagner harbored anti-Semitic views, which helped to make him Hitler's favorite composer.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
Wagner expressed many anti-Semitic views. In 1850, Wagner wrote an essay called "Jewishness in Music" in which he blamed Jewish musicians for commercializing music and stated that music by Jewish composers was not up to the quality of music by other Germans. This attitude endeared him to Hitler.
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