Menuhin is so full of himself that he failed to observe that K did NOT, in fact, "stand there" at any time he might have observed him. Klemperer SAT in his last years. Menuhin's condescension in his remarks here--and elsewhere toward Casals (likening him to a peasant)--is truly deplorable. But his respect for Furtwangler knew no bounds. Yehudi the humanitarian. My foot!
Diese Beobachtung über Menuhin ist sehr interessant. Wir können seine Meinungen nur durch den Filter seiner eigenen Vorurteile interpretieren. Aber gilt das nicht für jeden? Ich neige dazu, Menuhin zu verzeihen, weil ich seine Bewunderung für Furtwängler teile.
@@JackOstinato Thank you for your comment. I agree with you about filtering and prejudices but Menuhin's case is extreme. What you call his "opinions" are invariably self-aggrandingly and ostentatiously "humanitarian" and far-reaching, and yet on the level of basic interaction on a human level--with Klemperer and Casals, his remarks betray a deplorable insensitivity ( as I detailed above). One could say that the real human being is quite at odds with his strenuously deceminated self-image.
