Editing Bayreuth Circle (section)

==History==
The term 'Bayreuth Circle' was originally applied to the enthusiasts of Wagner's music who were also associated with or subscribed to the publication ''[[Bayreuther Blätter]]'', established in the 1880s by Wagner himself and edited by [[Hans von Wolzogen]]. This journal, apart from containing snippets by Wagner himself on social, political and aesthetic matters, was also strongly [[nationalist]]ic and [[anti-Semitic]]. Its circulation was small and it was not politically influential.<ref>see Schüler, (1971) and Altgeld (1984)</ref>

After the death of Wagner in 1883, his second wife [[Cosima Wagner|Cosima]], in continuing to propagate what she saw as her husband's views, was supported by a number of active anti-Semites, including [[Houston Stewart Chamberlain]] and [[Ludwig Schemann]]. Schemann, the founder of the German [[Gobinism|Gobineau Society]], 'did a great deal to bring [[Gobineau]]'s term 'Aryan' into vogue amongst German racists'.<ref>Evans (2003), 33</ref>  Chamberlain (d. 1927), who wrote an influential anti-Semitic book, ''[[The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century]], ''married Eva Wagner, daughter of the composer.