 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 nationalistic and anti-Semitic.Its circulation was small and it was not politically influential.