[Borges]

Brahms was a conundrum. He worshiped the Iron Chancellor but felt a bit of revulsion towards his own North German Prussian heritage and how, after the German re-Unification it was wiping away the lighter more rationalist Austrian culture he had adapted as a young man.

[Billthedrill]

Yeah, and they didn’t let him forget about that heritage, either. He never lost the North German accent, although the kiddies he gave candy to on his walks didn’t seem to mind it as much as their parents. It didn’t help that Wagner was so adopted by the Bavarians (Ludwig II especially).