Eric Kisch:
>Wagner? Smile? You've got to be kidding! I don't think the guy had a
>humorous molecule in his body.
If you have any patience for Wagner at all, check out a little book
called "Wagner on Conducting". I picked it up thinking it would be
about technichal pointers and technique, but its mostly criticisms of his
contemporaries and anecdotes, and I found it hugely amusing. I have a
Dover Thrift Edition of it, and (as all Dover Thrifts) it costs ONE DOLLAR.
Bob K.