Wagner as Man & Artist

According to Wagner's own account, he sketched tragedies in his childhood, and worked out one that was a sort of blend of _Hamlet_ and _King Lear_; and, inspired by Beethoven's...

For a great revolutionary, Wagner was curiously long in coming to consciousness of himself. The record of his youth and early manhood is one of constant fluctuation between one...

he would not part with it when I wanted to look after it for him, and he hid it awkwardly. All this astonished me a little. When he could wait no longer, he called our servant....

From the autobiography and the letters to Apel we can get an excellent idea of what he was in his boyhood. He came of a family of rather more than average ability. As a child he...

While there is at present no adequate Life of Wagner, there is probably more biographical material available in connection with him than with any other artist who has ever lived...

Feen_. (unfinished). anonymously in the Borgia_. _Zeitung für die elegante 6th Jan. Finishes Welt_ of 10th June 1834. First number Overture to _Die of the Feen_. (Opera first Ar...