[Dixielandjazz] Basin Street Blues

James O'Briant jobriant at garlic.com
Mon Jul 16 20:26:53 PDT 2007


Glen Page wrote:

> I have not seen any clear thinking individual suggest that 
> Wagner's work should be removed from the classical repertoire 
> just because he was Hitler's favorite composer.There have 
> been several bands that have played "Under The
> Double Eagle" by this composer, and in all likelihood   works 
> by less than
> honorable persons.

"Under The Double Eagle" was composed by Josef Franz Wagner, not the opera
composer Richard Wagner.

Jim O'Briant, Tuba
Gilroy, CA




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