James Tobin asked with regard to

>Bob Draper
>
>>Is it because we still view Liszt as the first pop star that we don't give
>>him his due? Or is it the Nazi use of LesPreludes that did the damage?
>
>What did the Nazi's do with it? I have an early childhood memory of it
>being used on the Lone Ranger, or Sargent Preston of the Yukon, or one of
>those other radio shows that actually go back to that period, or close.

You wre luckier in America - I think Nazi radio used it as a signature
tune for political broadcasts or something like that - in any case there
are people who can't hear the piece because of this association.

I dare say though that it's unlikely that anyone would dislike Liszt
generally for this reason.  Certainly anyone who rejected him because one
of his lesser pieces was co-opted by the Nazis must be phenomenally and
unbeatably stupid.

Felix Delbruck
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