Christopher Webber ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Dr. Satoshi Akima quotes:
>
>>Hitler ranting "to understand Wagner one must first understand
>>Wagner" ...
>
>I'd no idea Hitler had such a metaphysical wit.  If Dr Akima is quoting
>him correctly, the Fuhrer's epigram is worthy to stand beside Bob Hope's
>classic dictum that "Wagner is the Puccini of music".

Bob Hope????? According to my dictionary of musical quotations this is due
to J.B Morton ("Beachcomber").

Deryk Barker
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