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Sep 2, 2023 · A Russian mercenary organization called the Wagner Group, its name supplied by an ex-G.R.U. agent with Nazi leanings, was protesting the erratic conduct of Russia’s war on Ukraine—a country ...
Richard Wagner (1818-1883) was Hitler's favorite composer. During World War I, it is reported, he carried Wagner's music from Tristanin his knapsack. Often Hitler had Wagner's music performed at party rallies and functions. Wagner's music was uncompromisingly serious, and intensely Teutonic.
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Jan 3, 2022 · In Nazi Germany, Richard Wagner’s operas became an anthem of German nationalism. A Wagner devotee, Hitler tarnished Wagner’s reputation in a way it hasn’t been able to move past. When Hitler descended into the Berlin bunker in 1945, he took a curious item with him – a stack of original Wagnerian scores.
May 29, 2008 · Wagner was Adolf Hitler's favorite composer. In 1936, Hitler attended a grand production of Wagner's Lohengrin at Bayreuth and was bowled over by it. Hitler's admiration isn't surprising, given ...
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Sep 16, 2020 · Wagner, who died in 1883, was one of Hitler’s favorite composers. His “Rienzi" overture blared at annual Nazi Party rallies, and his combination of pan-German nationalism, socialism, and ...
Oct 25, 2004 · Recordings of "Das Rheingold" and "Götterdämmerung" made in 1933 seem to trumpet Wagner's status as Hitler's favorite composer (although Bruckner, too, was singled out for praise in "Mein Kampf").
Sep 25, 2012 · The Case for Wagner in Israel. By Alex Ross. September 25, 2012 ... and that he was Hitler’s favorite composer. There is, of course, more to Wagner than that. ... he would have known them ...
