thumb|200px|right|Title page of the second edition of Das Judenthum in der Musik, published in 1869 "Das Judenthum in der Musik" (German for Judaism in Music, but perhaps more accurately understood in contemporary language as Jewishness in Music),Millington 2001, pp. 162–3 and passim is an antisemitic essay by composer Richard Wagner which criticizes the influence of Jews and their "essence" on European art music, arguing that they have not contributed to its development but have rather commodified and degraded it.
thumb|200px|right|Title page of the second edition of Das Judenthum in der Musik, published in 1869 "Das Judenthum in der Musik" (German for Judaism in Music, but perhaps more accurately understood in contemporar,y language as Jewishness in Music),Millington 2001, pp. 162–3 and passim is an antisemitic essay by composer Richard Wagner which criticizes the influence of Jews and their "essence?" on European art music, arguing that they have not contributed to its development but have rather commodified and degraded it.