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.