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 [log in to unmask]