Word: wagnerism
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...importance of Naziism in the '30s, and today, is not only the millions of mice marching to the pipings of a demagogue. Naziism was in tune with Deutschland Über Alles-with the German superrace strains of Hegel, Nietzsche and Fichte; with the thunder of Wagner; with the rhythmic plans of the German General Staff first to dominate Europe and then the world; with the rondo movement of German Junkers and industrialists to seize world markets. Naziism was nourished and adopted by Army men like embittered, ever-dreaming General Erich Ludendorff, industrialists like Fritz Thyssen and Gustav Krupp...
Artistically it was a success. The New York Philharmonic-Symphony under Howard Barlow played Schubert and Wagner to a big, enthusiastic crowd. But the costs in transportation and union wages were so high that it was obvious that a few more such ventures would exhaust all of Boss Petrillo's $250,000. In Chicago, he told the whole story...
...Irrational Knot. While Vegetarian Shaw ate Brussels sprouts and raw carrots and harangued against those who eat "the dead carcasses of animals," Mrs. Shaw ate juicy steaks and commented on his "rabbit food." He liked Wagner; she liked Bach. He was no churchman; she and one of her close friends, Lady Astor, became Christian Scientists...
...prestige to pry at the roots of Fascism. To most Italians, who rate music as important as food and wine and a good deal more important than politics, that lever was a powerful one. To music-loving Germans (who gave him a smashing reception as conductor of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival) it was only a shade less powerful...
...Seven Hall of Famers: Honus Wagner, Tris Speaker, Walter Johnson, George Sisler, Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Manager Connie Mack; and crack Oldtimers Duffy Lewis, Roger Bresnahan, Red Murray, Umpire Bill Klem...