Talk:Walter Legge

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[edit] Jewish?

I don't find any evidence he was Jewish—Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.109.185.77 (talk • contribs)

An Amazon search of Sanders' book finds nothing for Jew and one result for Jewish (on page 132):

"... in the press. The only thing that I personally am afraid of is that my willingness to conduct for the Jewish Charity, which corresponds completely with my whole personal attitude, will simply be branded as sheer opportunism, taking advantage of the ..."

which is hardly conclusive. Nunquam Dormio 17:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

How about this from Alex Russell? "Karajan's ambition was to make recordings with Walter Legge's newly formed Philharmonia Orchestra - and thus establish his conducting career in London. Later in life Karajan said to Osborne that he would only conduct the Philharmonia providing all the players were white and that there were no Jews, homosexuals or women included." I've no idea on the veracity of this but, if true, it would suggest that Legge was not Jewish. Nunquam Dormio 17:23, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Or it could suggest that Karajan simply did not know, or it could suggest that he was opportunistic enough to turn a blind eye to his prejudices when it suited him (if indeed he had, or expressed, such prejudices). Ondewelle (talk) 10:50, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Jack O'Lantern has resolved this debate, referencing Triumph of the wilful see the final line of this article. Nunquam Dormio 17:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Nunquam Dormio: http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/archiv/05.08.2006/2697320.asp (...Und da Legge, der britische Jude, selbst der entscheidende Promotor ...) --Austriangirl 20:33, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

The BBC radio 4 programme 'The Archive Hour' 13 January 2007, stated that Legge was half-Jewish.Tim riley 09:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

You can listen to it online for about the next week. The Truth about Walter Legge —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nunquam Dormio (talk • contribs) 10:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC).