Includes Richard Wagner's famous essay, "Beethoven"; his first publications concerning the nascent Bayreuth Festival Playhouse; his visionary "The Destiny of Opera"; and, his letter to Friedrich Nietzsche responding to the publication of "The Birth of Tragedy".

Also included are Wagner's famous essay, "Beethoven"; his first publications concerning the nascent Bayreuth Festival Playhouse; his visionary "The Destiny of Opera"; and, his letter to Friedrich Nietzsche responding to the publication of "The Birth of Tragedy". This edition includes the full text of volume 5 of the translation of Wagner's works published in 1896 for the London Wagner Society.