If you hop over to: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=5197 http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=5144 you will find volume 1 and 2 of the newly translated (into English) "My Life" by Richard Wagner, available at Gutenberg for free. There are many other free books relating to music online. For instance: The Life of Chopin by Franz Liszt (translated into English) ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext03/lfcpn10.txt For a list of some of the available free online publications see: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/subjectstart?M and follow the links. Mimi Ezust