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(BY L. DE NOSKOWSKI.)
The British Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bruno Walter, plays “Siegfried’s Journey to the Rhine,” one of the few cheerful pages from the otherwise gloomy atmosphere of Wagner’s “Twilight of the Gods.” Walter, one of Germany’s most prominent conductors, has been excluded from Germany, because of his Jewish origin. His great work and fame do not preclude him from being on the “verboten” list, which, incidentally, makes one wonder whether the performance of Mendelssohn’s works in Germany will also be prohibited? Siegfried’s “Journey to the Rhine” opens with the “Fate” motive, followed by several of the most important motives of the “Ring” cycle, including that of the “horn”, the “Twilight of the Gods”, “Rhinegold”, “Woe”, and Brunhilde’s beautiful lo
