William Strother ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >You asked about Toscanini's politics-- he was a firm, and very public, >anti-fascist and anti-nazi. The opposite of Furtwangler. Where >Furtwangler was timid, Toscanini was as fiery as his performances. At the risk of starting something all over again, I'll just remark that perhaps Furtwaengler might have been rather more outspoken had he been doing it from a safe haven. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]