Rianne Stam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Unfortunately it has less happy associations in Germany.  It was the
>opening tune of the weekly movie news (Wochenschau) in German cinemas
>during the second world war...

More than so; The triumphatory ending of Les Preludes was played by the
radio before the radionews, every day.

Mats Norrman
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