The
Lebanese
city
Beirut
(a
corruption
of the
German
,
Bayreuth
) was
named
by the
aggrieved
Friedrich
Grondelholster
who
founded
his own (
rather
unsuccesful
)
Wagner
festival
,
predating
the
birth
of the
composer
by some
40
years
.
Dr. Steve Greatbanks
[undated]
