A' writer in tho "Yorkshire Post" baa discovered tliat Wagner wrote "Parsifal" under the inspiration of a Yorkshire ham I In 1577, utter his return from his visit 1o England, ho wrote to Dannreutber, bogging him to send him ono at ones. He further adds: "1 have quitc'cnough to do with my new littlo opera, to which i day by day—in the absence of n Yorkshire ham—can only add a bar or two." Tho ham was duly delivered M** "i'iirsifal" was comuleted, '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 497, 3 May 1909, Page 7
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82Untitled Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 497, 3 May 1909, Page 7
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