Download or read book Wagner and His Works: The Story of His Life with Critical Comments (Volume One) written by Henry Theophilus Finck and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and provocative study of the great composer and his works. Mr. Finck's established reputation as a musical scholar, thorough familiarity with Wagner literature, and interesting style, give his book a marked and permanent value. It is the result of many years' special study, and is both a full review of Wagner's life, the dramatic episodes of which are treated with unusual fullness, and a summary and critical analysis of the musical and poetic contents of his writings, rich in anecdote and apposite quotation. This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries and the Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College.